About MONO JAPAN
MONO JAPAN started as an organisation that introduces carefully curated selection of modern Japanese artisanal products and makers to the Dutch and European audience. Its activities consist of organising a yearly artisanal design fair from products of Japanese craftspeople and (small) companies as well as holding workshops, lectures and discussions to initiate and facilitate collaboration between Japanese and European artists and designers.
MONO JAPAN FAIR
How it all began
The first MONO JAPAN Fair took place in 2016 in the Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam.
Since then, more than 100 Japanese participants have exhibited, most of them for the first time in Europe, and numerous collaborations between Japan and the Netherlands have been born.
For our previous events, see our archives.
The seventh edition is planned in September 2024.
Pasts participants of MONO JAPAN fair
All 103 exhibitors (2016 - 2023 )
2016/ Arita | 830 design lab | acoya l AISHITERU l Aizu Creative Japan | ALIMANO | Asemi Co. | Awaji City Society of Commerce and Industry | AZMAYA | Based on Roots | BLUEVOX! | BP. | C& | CERANIS | COCOROSTORE | Coelacanth Shokudo | Connecting the dots -Tradition and Creativity of Saga- | COQ KANAKO KAJIHARA l EN TEA | Fukumono shop | gift by gifted l HARADA SHOKODO | Haruka Matsuo | HiHiHi | Hyogo Prefecture Incense Cooperative | Ichiro Mori | Idea Books | In Praise of Shadows | i ro se | ISSHINDO | IZUMONO | KANAIKOUGEI | kapoc | KATALOKooo | KATAYAMA BUNZABURO SHOTEN | KIMURA` | kitta | knot | KODAMA TOKI | Kyoto Craft Session | KYO-TO-TO l Kyoto Karasuma Rokuhichido | Tokyo Zokei University - Shiori Ono - | Laku Terai | List: | MAKER KAMER | LOCAL CRAFT JAPAN l marru | Maeda Woodworks | Maruhiro | mature ha. | MGNET | Mio Heki | Misc-Store | MORITA l MUJUN | Nagasakirinne | Nagasaki Prefecture | Nankei Pottery | NISHIGUCHI KUTSUSHITA | nombre | N STORE. | OKURU | Okamotoya Monzaemon | Onland l Ooyama Seichaen | Oita Future Bamboo Project Japan | orit. | Pfütze | POLS | PULL + PUSH PRODUCTS. | Saga Prefectural Tourism Federation Craft Tourism | Saga Prefecture | sasimonokagu takahashi | schop | SHAO XUAN + Nakashoshiko l Shimpei Arima | Snow Peak | Studio Chikufusha l STUDIO SHIKUMI | SUKIMONO l Sweet Hirado | Synergiez | SyuRo | Taguchi Craftec | TAKARAJIMA SENKOU | TAKUMI Craftworks | tamaki niime | TIME & STYLE | Toki Yuite l TOKU / Everyplan l Transcape Supply | Tsubouchi Towel | TSUNAGU SONOGI TEA FARMERS | Ukiha City | Unagi no Nedoko | Utsuwa Shoken | Yamanashi Textile Association | Yama no Katachi | YAMAKOSHI | Yamma Sangyo & Harappa | WATABUN
Mission and Vision
MONO JAPAN facilitates the discovery of authentic Japanese crafts and design in Europe through the creation of a fair business model that enables craftspeople and their techniques to survive. Our vision is to connect the cultural sectors in Japan and Europe through the celebration of contemporary craft and design.