Published 5 October 2015 by Cherise Fong

Inspired by Instructables, Fabble is a budding Japanese website for sharing geeky but poetic DIY projects.

Published 3 September 2015 by Ewen Chardronnet

The Ars Electronica festival, awarded a prize to the artistic satellite ARTSAT, conceived at the hackerspace in Japan’s Tama Art University. Makery met Akihiro Kubota, its instigator.

Published 11 August 2015 by Cherise Fong

Amidst the rice paddies of Chiba in Japan, three co-founders of Tokyo HackerSpace created Hacker Farm, a rural hackerspace to build stuff and live green.

Published 20 July 2015 by Cherise Fong

Why is there only one hackerspace in Tokyo? It has moved around a lot over the past 6 years, all the way to this quiet garage northwest of the city, where Makery paid a visit.

Published 10 April 2015 by Cherise Fong

Folded cranes dancing in sync—paper animation, puppet gadgetry, or Japanese traditional art revisited? Discover the Ugoita collective.

Published 10 March 2015 by Annick Rivoire

Kouka-roid is the latest anthropomorphic robot prototype created by Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro. She is currently showing at “Le Bord des mondes” in Paris.

Published 3 February 2015 by Cherise Fong

YCAM in Yamaguchi opens its media arts production to prototyping and open source, beginning with its in-house fablab, Edu Lab.

Published 20 January 2015 by Cherise Fong

A visit to Kyushu, better known for its natural hot springs (from volcanic sand to melting mud to boiling waters), which also has its own reserve of digital hot spots.

Published 28 November 2014 by Cherise Fong

On November 23-24, 300 Japanese makers came together at Tokyo Big Sight to show off their latest designs and inventions at Maker Faire Tokyo.

Published 4 November 2014 by Cherise Fong

Launched in Tokyo after the Fukushima disaster in 2011, Safecast measures nuclear radiation with a DIY device and shares the data on an open map. Makery met the core team behind the project.

Published 7 October 2014 by Cherise Fong

Digital fabrication spaces in Tokyo are adapted to local culture, mostly based on consumption.