WORKSIGHT, Kokuyo's owned media platform exploring the future of autonomous collaborative society, will hold its first market-style event, the "WORKSIGHT Plant Market," in Osaka on November 15 (Saturday) and 16 (Sunday), 2025.
Plants don't move. They don't speak. They have no emotions. Yet despite being the closest and most distant beings in our lives, plants offer countless hints for how we might live and think. They serve as a bridge for considering coexistence with others, a catalyst for reflecting on the natural environment, a means of updating our thought frameworks and ethics, and a hub for connecting people through communication.
Touch, taste, and contemplate – the "WORKSIGHT Plant Market" is an experience for all five senses. FabCafe Osaka will showcase houseplants, fresh flowers, flower vessels, gardening tools, plant specimens, alcohol and oils made from plants, wooden clubs crafted from thinned forest materials, and a variety of other products. During the event, multiple plant-related talk sessions will be held. Visitors can also enjoy natural wines, cocktails using distilled plant extracts, and takoyaki featuring edible flowers.
Come exchange words through plants, share sensibilities and values. We invite you to visit the "WORKSIGHT Plant Market"!
Event Overview
WORKSIGHT Plant Market
Event Dates
- November 15, 2025 (Saturday): 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- November 16, 2025 (Sunday): 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Vendors and Brands
- abcde (houseplants) / VESTITA (fresh flowers) ★November 15 only / for-botanical (fresh flowers) ★November 16 only / Tanisaki Toshiki (houseplants/gardening) / Usagi no Nedoko (plant specimens) / Nihon Kusakiken Laboratory (alcohol/oils, etc.) / Zen Nihon Konbou Kyoukai (wooden clubs) ★November 16 only / TIGER MOUNTAIN (used books) / sapo (natural wine) / hodo hodo (takoyaki), and more
Events (Talk Sessions)
Talk sessions themed "Plants and Me" will be held at the venue. Details will be announced via WORKSIGHT and Blkswn social media channels.
Participation Fee: Free
Venue: FabCafe Osaka
Address: 2-2-4 Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture 530-0041
Co-hosted by: WORKSIGHT / Blkswn
Planned by: method / Blkswn
Supported by: FabCafe Osaka / Insects
Vendor and Brand Details
abcde | Houseplants
A houseplant store located in Tanimachi Rokuchome, Osaka. They sell plants and provide indoor and outdoor planting coordination and landscaping construction. The store offers a wide variety of plants, from houseplants to garden trees, suitable for different lifestyles and spaces.
Web: http://www.abcdestudio.net
Instagram: @abcde_now
VESTITA | Fresh Flowers
After working at a flower shop in Hyogo Prefecture, VESTITA opened in Rokko, Nada-ku, Kobe City in 2011. In addition to in-store sales, they offer event flower arrangements, flower lessons, and a wide range of services.
※November 15 (Saturday) only
Web: https://vestita.info/
for-botanical | Fresh Flowers
With "contemplating and deeply realizing living through plants" as their core activity, they sell fresh flowers and potted plants at the "Hyakue" spot and conduct workshops and exhibitions in various locations.
※November 16 (Sunday) only
Web: https://for-botanical.com/
Instagram: @forbotanical
Tanisaki Toshiki | Houseplants
Born in Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture in 1994. Graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University in 2016. After working at a landscaping company for 3 years and doing garden work in South Africa for 3 years, joined the family business Ryokuko Garden in 2022. Fifth-generation plant nursery farmer. Designs and constructs exterior/landscaping/planting for stores, facilities, and private residences, and creates spatial decorations using plants. Involved in planting construction and planning for five pavilions at the Osaka-Kansai Expo, including the German Pavilion. At the plant market, large houseplants, outdoor plants, and T-shirts will be displayed and sold at the eaves of the venue.
Web: https://www.ryokukougarden.com/
Nihon Kusakiken Laboratory | Alcohol/Oils, etc.
A research brand that excavates the "potential as ingredients" of vegetation sleeping in satoyama across Japan, explores new uses of plants, and trials product announcements. Working hand-in-hand with foresters nationwide, they conduct sustainable collection. They aim to realize a daily life where Japanese trees and unknown wild plants naturally appear in food, just as overseas spices and herbs line dinner tables.
Web: https://nihonkusakilab.com/
Usagi no Nedoko | Plant Specimens
Based in Kyoto, Usagi no Nedoko communicates "the beauty of natural forms" with a unique perspective. They create products that can be enjoyed as interior objects and gifts, capturing nature's mystery and wonder.
Web: https://www.usaginonedoko.jp/
Instagram: @usaginonedoko_kyoto
Blumo | Flower Vessels
Featuring vintage European vases, original copper pots, and works by domestic and international artists, they display various decorative items and furniture mixed with flowers and plants. They also perform visual work such as spatial decoration and styling. At the plant market, "copper pot" will be sold.
Web: https://blumo.org/
Instagram: @blumo_
SUWADA (Suwada Seisakusho) | Scissors
A metal processing manufacturer based in Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, producing nail clippers and garden tools. Founded in 1926. At the plant market, pruning shears and other garden products from the original brand "SUWADA" will be sold.
Web: https://www.suwada.co.jp
Instagram: @suwada_official
FIELD GOOD (Eizuka Seisakusho) | Gardening Tools
A manufacturer of metal miscellaneous goods such as garbage-picking tongs, garden scoops, transplanting trowels, ten-noh (ash scoops), fire starters, and fire tongs in Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture. At the plant market, garden scoops will be sold.
Web: https://www.eizuka-ss.com/shop/field-good-shop/
Zen Nihon Konbou Kyoukai | Wooden Clubs
An organization dedicated to promoting and popularizing wooden clubs with the motto "Let's swing away our lives." Based in Uda City, Nara Prefecture, they communicate the fun of clubs and their material—trees—and forests, aiming to realize a rich and enjoyable satoyama culture where various species coexist in diverse forms. At the plant market, clubs and other goods will be sold.
※November 16 (Sunday) only
Web: https://greatkonbou.jp/
Instagram: @greatkonbou
TIGER MOUNTAIN | Books
A bookstore and gallery operated by content label Blkswn in Toranomon, Tokyo. Through a bookstore space (about 3,800 books) selecting books with excellent binding/unique editing from the 1960s-90s, and a gallery space focusing on design and editing, they introduce the richness of Japan's publishing culture as a new complex cultural facility. At the plant market, newly acquired plant-related books will be exhibited and sold.
Web: https://blkswn.tokyo/
Instagram: @tigermountain_books
sapo | Natural Wine
"SAPO," a natural wine bottle shop located in Tanimachi 6-chome, Osaka. They also run the wine bar "hapo" on the same street, offering wines from small producers engaged in analog, energetic winemaking. At the plant market, owner Kunimoto's selected natural wines will be sold by the glass.
Instagram: sapo @wineshop_sapo / hapo @hapo
hodo hodo | Takoyaki
While working as a hairdresser, "traveling takoyaki shop hodo hodo" has been active at various events since April 2025. Rice flour takoyaki made with kelp and dried sardine broth, plum vinegar ginger, and Awaji Island octopus. A safe and slightly special morsel to savor. For this plant-themed event, a special dish incorporating plant essence into the takoyaki will be prepared.
Instagram: @hodo_hodo_
Venue
FabCafe Osaka
Address: 2-2-4 Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture 530-0041
Born in March 2025 as the 13th FabCafe location worldwide and the 6th in Japan, located in Tenjin, Osaka. It provides experiences incorporating "L'Informe," a modern artistic philosophy pursuing beauty unconstrained by form. Instead of the 3D printers and laser cutters found at other FabCafes, a "distiller" has been introduced as a tool to embody "L'Informe." They develop food and beverage experiences using scents and activities that stimulate the senses. On the day, in addition to regular menu items, original plant-based cocktails will be available.
Web: https://fabcafe.com/jp/osaka/
What is WORKSIGHT?
Print editions published on diverse themes like "Plant Ethics," "Zombies," and "Games"
WORKSIGHT is Kokuyo's owned media platform that picks up and explores themes and keywords that could become important guidelines for thinking about the future of society, such as circular economy, copyright, Web3, and locality. Content is distributed through various channels including a newsletter delivered every Tuesday at 8:00 AM, books, social media, events, and podcasts.
https://worksight.substack.com/
Planning and Operations
method
Closely involved with things being created across various fields—design, crafts, art, fashion, beauty, and even food—and staying close to the people creating them, they work on all matters related to things, centered on store-making both domestically and internationally. For this plant market, they handled vendor selection and outreach.
http://wearemethod.com/
YOKOKU Laboratory
A vision-driven research and design lab for Kokuyo Co., Ltd. that researches and practices alternatives for future society. With their purpose "Yokoku exciting future work and life" as a keyword, they develop activities centered on research, empowerment, and prototyping, updating future scenarios that guide the company while creating new social visions through fans and communities formed by their communications. Publisher of WORKSIGHT.
https://yokoku.kokuyo.co.jp/
Blkswn
A content label that questions today's norms and makes it their mission to "Re-Imagine" various things—imagining alternative possibilities. They produce content across media including magazines, web, video, events, and travel. Publications include "The Light and Dark of Editing" (October 2025), "Introduction to Literary Counseling" (August 2025), "Anthropology of Work [Print Edition]" (June 2021), and more. They also plan and produce podcasts such as "Hello Future" and "Metaverse Etcetera." In charge of planning and production for WORKSIGHT.
https://blkswn.tokyo/
