From Kyoto’s Historic Handmade Tea Caddy Maker, Kaikado: Copper Tea Caddy Engraved with teamLab Logo Launches August 8 at teamLab Biovortex Kyoto
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teamLab Biovortex Kyoto will introduce the ‘Tea Caddy - Copper 120g’ to its shop starting Saturday, August 8, 2026. Made by Kaikado, a historic maker of handmade tea caddies in Kyoto, and engraved with the teamLab logo, the item will be available at the Sketch Sketch Factory inside the museum.
teamLab Biovortex Kyoto will continue to deepen its engagement with Kyoto’s historic craftsmanship and explore new initiatives.
Tea Caddy - Copper 120g
Each Kaikado tea caddy is individually handcrafted, one by one, using the same process and the same method that have remained unchanged for over a century. Boasting a superb airtight feature, it protects and preserves a variety of products; coffee beans, tea leaves, dried herbs, spices and pasta from moisture and humidity. Thanks to this high airtightness, when you release your hand while closing the lid, the lid descends slowly to the exact level in a silky and silent motion—a movement unique to a tea caddy. Gently caressing the entire body of the caddy with the palm of your hand day after day, brings out a change within a few days to a few weeks of first use; as time passes, the color tone shifts and brings out an elegant rich sheen.
This Tea Caddy - Copper is a chabitsu (a covered container used to store a set of tea utensils) designed for a Torikomi-bon (tray). Tea caddies for Torikomi-bon are slightly smaller in size, crafted to fit neatly inside this chabitsu.
https://www.kaikado.jp/2020/07/23/copper-120g-2/
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About Kaikado
Japan’s oldest maker of handmade tea caddies.
Kaikado was established in Kyoto in 1875, as the pioneer of tinplate canisters using imported tinplate from England. They have continued to implement their unchanged hand making techniques developed by their founder for over a century.
https://www.kaikado.jp/english/
Sketch Factory
This is a factory where the creatures that you draw can be made into an original gift.
The creatures you draw in Graffiti Nature and Beating Earth and Sketch Ocean will be made into an original gift such as a badge, magnet, puzzle, hand towel, T-shirt, tote bag, or papercraft, to be taken home. Sea creatures drawn in Sketch Ocean can also be turned into stickers.
Also, Sketch Factory carries items such as scented candles with the same fragrance used in the artwork spaces, crayons made from recycled, shortened crayons that could no longer be used in the artworks, upcycled tote bags and PC sleeves made from discarded rice sacks, as well as related publications.
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teamLab Biovortex Kyoto
teamLab Biovortex Kyoto is teamLab's largest museum in Japan, based on the concept of Universe of Existence, Universe of Perception.
Located within walking distance of Kyoto Station and spanning over 10,000 square meters, the museum features more than 50 artworks, including artworks based on the concept of Environmental Phenomena as well as Athletics Forest, a complex, multi-dimensional creative athletic space, and Future Park, a collaborative space for co-creation, which are both part of teamLab’s educational projects.
Highlight Video: teamLab Biovortex Kyoto, Kyoto © teamLab