Takahiro Yagi grew up surrounded by the sound of tin being cut, bent and soldered into the elegant tea canisters that his family’s business, Kaikado, has made by hand for the past 150 years.
The painstaking process of making ( meaning ‘tea’ and meaning ‘container’), renowned for their perfectly fitting lids that slip over the container to create an airtight seal, involves around 140 steps. ‘It’s not just about learning a procedure. We also learn about , which means the atmosphere, character or essence, of Kaikado. We’re responsible for passing
