LAB

Materials Archive

A physical, curated collection of heritage materials and their raw natural resources. This archive synthesizes our daily fieldwork across Japan into a tangible showcase, allowing professionals to study, touch, and apply materials and techniques to their own practice.

Test Kitchen

A dedicated food laboratory to explore the heritage materials of Japan’s cookery culture. Our Test Kitchen is not about preservation. It is about fermentation. How these heritage materials of cookery evolve with the times. Our activities are rooted in field research with food professionals and residents of each micro-community, assessment of terroir and social systems, and documentation of traditional tools and techniques. We bring what we’ve foraged back to the Test Kitchen for kitchen-based experimentation and educational curriculum.
FIELDWORK

FIELDWORK

調査・収集

LAB

LAB

記録・実践

CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDIES

解読・検証

APPLICATION

APPLICATION

教育・応用

SOCIAL ACTIVATION INITIATIVES

FOOD LAB

A collaboration with members of Kyoto University's Graduate School of Agriculture to go beyond traditional academic coursework and fieldwork, exploring traditional ingredients, techniques, and ecosystem through hands-on practice.

FIELDWORK CLUB

Our local activation initiative to engage in collaborative problem-solving around sustainable infrastructure design, regional revitalization, natural resource circulation, and the modern application of traditional crafts.