Introducing Kojien

As previously reported, the entrance to Kaikai Kiki’s Motoazabu office is decorated weekly with a changeable flower display. These days, the task has been assigned to the flower shop in Kagurazaka, Tokyo, called Kojien. Since first producing this display for us in May of 2007, Koshien has carried out decorations an incredible 100 times.

In addition to the traditional flowers of ikebana, Kojien makes use of rare plants which one imagines might be found in the far regions of Africa! They have been a big hit with guests and, of course, our staff. (International guests seem particularly pleased.)


The Kojien unit consists of Yoshida-san (right) and Uemura-san (left).

In the pictures below, the artists provide flower arrangements in vases from Murakami’s antique collection.
















Here’s one from January 2008 (the 18th official week of the project).
Where in the world did they purchase flowers like these?! Our entire
staff were dumbfounded.

Materials: Musella lasiocarpa (Chinese Yellow Banana), Platycerium Grande (Staghorn Fern), and coconut.

Another arrangement from August, 2009 (Week 82).
With this piece, they’ve resurrected an old iron net that
likely saw action as a tool at one time.


Materials: Renaissance, Okura, Calabash, Alpinia zerumbet (shell ginger) buds, Pandanus Odoratissimus (screw palm), Echeveria, and Cattleya.
Antique: Iron net

Kojien-san we look forward to continue working with you!

Click here for official website for Kojien.