29/05/2026
Something is happening.
For a long time now, we’ve been quietly working on a project that means a great deal to us, and we’re finally ready to share it with you.
Since July 2025, countless conversations, travels, ideas and moments have slowly turned into something real.
One of the greatest blessings in all of this has been the trust within our network. It started when our dear friend Hiroyuki Murase, founder of , introduced Andreas to Mr. Omote, the president of the Japanese company LUMINE – a collaboration we could never have imagined at the time.
LUMINE had been looking for a creative advisor to help introduce Japanese brands to a wider European audience. In the months that followed, we worked intensely together around a shared belief: that there are so many incredible Japanese makers, designers and independent brands whose work deserves to be seen, experienced and lived with beyond Japan – many of them still largely unknown in Europe.
tokyo sense was born from this idea.
A curated pop-up presenting around 30 Japanese brands across fashion, objects, jewellery, books, homeware and design – bringing together voices we deeply believe in, many of whom we have worked with for years.
For Andreas, whose relationship with Japanese fashion began with Yohji Yamamoto and Comme des Garçons in the 1980s and has continued through years of travelling across Japan since 2016, this project is deeply personal: a long-standing dream to bring these brands to a wider audience without compromising their integrity or spirit.
For LUMINE, tokyo sense represents a first step in building a cultural bridge between Japan and Europe – not through nostalgia or by placing craftsmanship behind glass, but by presenting contemporary Japanese creativity as something alive and relevant to everyday life today.
For us as a team, it marks our first pop-up outside of Germany – staffed by our Berlin team, built with people we deeply admire.
launches 14 June in Paris and runs until 7 July at 16 Rue des Minimes, 75003 Paris.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who helped make this possible. More details to follow over the coming weeks.