“AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY”

Certain spaces are framed out of the urban condition, made impenetrable to the public domain, mostly for security reasons. Power plants, control rooms, electrical cabins, transformers, and emergency fire hydrants, represent the high number of “pocket-spaces”, or “urban pockets”, within contemporary cities.

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BENTO

Bento is a traditional meal box in Japan, which people bring with them in order to have it as lunch or dinner. Inside bento, many kinds of food are prepared in it. From the perspective of examining bento in detail, all these delicious dishes demonstrate the food system in Japan, which could be briefly separated into four phases: source of foods, distribution, manufacturing, and consumption.

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FAKE FOOD

Could you tell which one is real Sashimi down below? Fake foods, also called food model or food sample, is a model placed in the vitrines of the facade of a restaurant to display dishes provided inside.

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FAMILYMART

Family mart is Japan's largest convenience store chain brand. There are more than 16,000 Family marts in Japan. Like other convenience stores, they all have 24-hour business hours, sell food and beverages and daily necessities, and also provide ATM, printing, sending and receiving Courier, tax payment and other services.


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JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 

As part of the National Research and Development Agencies in Japan, its main objective is to build the infrastructure needed to support the creation and dissemination of knowledge. The agency is overseen by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Technology (MEXT) and the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI).

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