I meet actress Kikuchi Rinko for the first time in years. The presumptuous aim of this time’s get-together is an interview, alas in the opposite direction, as I ventured to ask Kikuchi to interview me for the "Editorial Paradise" book I'm currently rushing…

The book of architect Baba Masataka, "RealTokyoEstate" director and a key player in the recent renovation movement, "Atarashii kogai no ie" (Ohta Publishing) is ready for publication…

I received various feedback since publishing the book "The Edit of Tokyo" featuring interviews with eleven outstanding Japanese editors in December 2007. One of the least expected reactions…

I meet photographer Mark Borthwick for the first time in two years. I was invited to a party at the Martin Margiela shop in Ebisu, Tokyo, celebrating the 20th anniversary…

Up to now, I haven't written too much about private affairs on this page, but I've been focusing on things from my position as an editor. This time, however, I'd like to make an exception and write about something that couldn't be any more private…

I'm meeting Maekita Miyako twice within one week for conversations. It’s difficult to explain what Maekita does, but I guess the term "eco-shifting" sums it up quite precisely. Now you might ask what the hell is eco-shifting, so let me add that Maekita Miyako is a director concerned with eco-related communication…

Sometime in July: It’s a particularly busy month as three books I've been involved in are published around the same time. Following the "Daichi wo…

One day in June We finally finish work on the "Daichi wo mamoru techo" ("handbook for earth protection", published in July by Tsukiji Shokan) in the making of which I've been involved since the end of 2007.

These days I'm spending mostly locked up in my office proofreading and rewriting texts and checking layouts for four books that will be published…..

I happen to be increasingly involved in food-related publications this year. At the moment I'm in the middle of editing four different books dealing…..

A talk show on the theme of "new possibilities in communication and design with paper" takes place at Aoyama Book Center to commemorate the…..

February 14: At around 10 a.m. I enter the J-WAVE studio at Roppongi Hills. "Sotokoto" editor Oguro Kazumi invited me to be a guest in the "Lohas Talk"…..

January 21 Photo shooting for the H.P.FRANCE fashion company’s website, which is currently being revamped (under my direction) and scheduled to…..

One day in December I'm right in the middle of the annual year-end extravaganza, attending meetings and working on texts that all have to be finished…..

November 13 The last three months I spent devoting myself to finishing my first own book (or whatever you want to all it), "Tokyo no henshu/The…..