Welcome to AkaTako - your USA based source (with a small outpost in Europe) for underground and hard to find Japanese art: signed art books, limited edition prints and posters, licensed enamel pins and t-shirts, artist produced postcards and mini books, original drawings and paintings, and lots more. We ship worldwide!
Not sure where to start? Check out the more popular artists and items just below. A bit further down the page is a news feed of everything going on with AkaTako.

THE LATEST NEWS

New ExtrART Magazines
Jan 30, 2022

Just added, five issues of ExtrART Magazine. Published by the same company as the "Talking Heads" art magazine series, ExtrART is like the little sister with fewer (but much larger) pages, far more images and photos, and way less talk (which can be a little difficult when it's 100% Japanese). With ExtrART, you can be visually introduced to many new artists and also see what is currently happening in the Japan art scene thanks to photographs of current exhibitions.

ExtrART file.20 Yuka Sakuma front cover
ExtrART file.20
"Crawling Through the
Land of Illusions"		ExtrART file.24 Fuco Ueda front cover
ExtrART file.24
"A Glimpse of the
Profound Mystery"		ExtrART file.28 Akiko Ijichi front cover
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ExtrART file.28
"Dream Song for a Girl"		ExtrART file.29 Yoshitoshi Kanemaki front cover
ExtrART file.29
"Seeing / Different
Perspectives of Sight"		ExtrART file.30 Kana Miyamoto front cover
ExtrART file.30
"Labyrinth of Swaying
Mental Image"

Click the cover images above to see some inside pages and read a lot more details.

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Kitanya Design Factory Charm Restock + New
Jan 21, 2022

A great big box of kinbaku charms by Kitanya Design Factory has arrived! The EU location is all stocked up and ready to ship while a box is on the way to the USA location right now. You can place your order now and it will ship as soon as the box arrives (very early February). There are also three NEW charms added:

Crab Kinbaku Charm
Crab Kinbaku Charm		 Onigiri Kinbaku Charm
Onigiri Kinbaku Charm		 Poison Mushroom Kinbaku Charm
Poison Mushroom Kinbaku Charm

All charms are individually hand made, painted, and then tied with real (miniature) rope! Each one may vary slightly from the images shown. All charms have a lobster claw clasp so you can easily attach them to your bag, jewelry, zipper pull, etc. There's also a longer "cell phone strap" attached to the lobster claw clasp and you can request a free dust plug when you order.

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New Makiko Sugawa Items
Dec 29, 2021

Many brand new items by Makiko Sugawa have just been added. Most of these were offered during her recent exhibition at Vanilla Gallery for her brand new book "Sweet Room". Items are in stock and ready to ship via the EU location. USA shipping location will receive everything early January but they are available for pre-order already. [Now in stock at both locations!] (Both locations can ship worldwide.)

Makiko Sugawa The Story of Nii and Meme SIGNED
"The Story of Nii and Meme"
SIGNED book
-		 Makiko Sugawa Clear File - Green or Pink
choice of two
A4 size clear files		 Makiko Sugawa Tote Bag
cotton canvas
tote bag
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Makiko Sugawa Postcard Set Long
set of 3
long postcards		 Makiko Sugawa Postcard Set Large
set of 3
large postcards		  

Please click the images or titles above for more photos and info.

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New Kira Imai Items and Signed Books
Dec 25, 2021

Many new Kira Imai items just added, older items restocked (including a bunch of postcards and stickers). All items are currently in stock at the EU shipping location. The USA shipping location will receive everything in early January but you can place your order now before they arrive. [Now in stock at both locations!] (Both locations can ship worldwide.)

Kira Imai Frill
FRILL 'zine
-		 Kira Imai Mini Poster Frill
FRILL mini poster
-		 Kira Imai Mini Poster Endless Tea Party
ENDLESS TEA PARTY
mini poster		 Kira Imai Mini Poster Lolita
LOLITA mini poster
-		 Kira Imai Mini Poster Memory
MEMORY mini poster
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Kira Imai Enamel Pin Abracadabra
ABRACADABRA enamel pin
-		 Kira Imai Acrylic Keychain Halloween
HALLOWEEN
acrylic keychain		 Kira Imai Sticker Halloween
HALLOWEEN
sticker		 Kira Imai Sticker Examination Room
EXAM ROOM sticker
-		 Kira Imai Sticker Group 4
NEW sticker group
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Kira Imai Postcard Group 13
postcard group 13		 Kira Imai Postcard Group 14
postcard group 14		 Kira Imai Postcard Group 15
postcard group 15		 Kira Imai Postcard Group 16
postcard group 16		  

PLUS all three of Kira Imai's hardcover books are now available SIGNED inside the front cover!

Kira Imai Gekko Shojo SIGNED
Kira Imai
GEKKO SHOJO
SIGNED		 Kira Imai Girls Kingdom SIGNED
Kira Imai
GIRLS KINGDOM
SIGNED		 Kira Imai Hitosaji Hime SIGNED
Kira Imai
HITOSAJI HIME
SIGNED

Please click images or titles above for more photos and information.

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New Tama Postcards!
Dec 18, 2021

Now in stock, a few new groups of Tama postcards that you can buy one at a time as you wish. These are mostly from her new book "Deep Memories" plus a pair of postcards and one sticker set from a recent exhibition at Oto Gallery. Several of them are also printed in her (nearly sold out) 2022 desktop calendar!

Tama Postcard Group 10 Tama Postcard Group 11 Tama Postcard Group 12
Tama Postcard Group 13 Tama Sticker Set Group 7

Please click the images above for more details.

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Thanksgiving Weekend Sale
Nov 26, 2021

It's a sale all weekend long! [SALE IS FINISHED NOW. Thank you!]

☑ Black Friday
☑ Small Business Saturday
☑ Cyber Monday

All of AkaTako's exclusive enamel pins are 20% off - no coupon needed, just enjoy the discount. o((*^▽^*))o Thank you for your support!

Shintaro Kago Enamel Pin Eyes / OctopusShintaro Kago Enamel Pin CatsSuehiro Maruo Enamel PinTrevor Brown Enamel Pin Asobimasho / Seppuku
Makiko Sugawa Enamel PinTama Enamel Pin - Don't Miss the Season OR Limited BlossomAkaTako Enamel Pin 

Sale lasts through end of day, Monday, November 29, 2021. Sale prices are as shown on the individual items (click the images above) - no coupon code necessary and no other items other than the ones specifically listed above are reduced for this particular sale. On the pins which offer $1 discount when you buy both - the $1 discount is applicable to full price only. If you buy both pins during this sale, you will receive 20% off of both pins. You will not receive 20% off + $1 off. Thanks for your understanding.

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New Items on the Way!
Nov 3, 2021

Lots of new items are on the way to AkaTako and available for PRE-ORDER now.
Scheduled to arrive around the middle of November:

Tama 2022 Calendar

Tama
2022 CALENDAR

 Tama t-shirt Mashochistic Pink
Tama
MASOCHISTIC PINK		 Tama Rosette SIGNED
Tama
ROSETTE

Brand new art books that will be SIGNED. Scheduled to arrive around the END of November or EARLY December:

Tama Deep Memories SIGNED
Tama
DEEP MEMORIES		 Makiko Sugawa x Noboru Moai Sweet Room
Makiko Sugawa x Noboru Moai
SWEET ROOM

There are also quite a lot of Tama postcards that will be listed in the next week or two (mid-November). If you wish to add anything to your order after purchasing a pre-order item, just send me a message and let me know so that you don't overpay for shipping.

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Shintaro Kago Ferris Wheel Cat Blanket
Oct 31, 2021

It's a blanket!! Shintaro Kago's "Ferris Wheel Cat" has been transformed into a 100% acrylic throw blanket that can keep you nice and warm as you cuddle up on the couch. AkaTako designed, this exclusive blanket is a limited edition of just 100 pieces. Each blanket comes packaged in a cotton tote with matching screen printed design and care instructions.

Now available for PRE-ORDER and expected to arrive late November. If you want to be sure to receive in time for a Christmas present, I suggest choosing the "Expedited Shipping" option during checkout. Updated progress and arrival dates will be added here so please check back!

Shintaro Kago Blanket Ferris Wheel Cat Shintaro Kago Blanket Ferris Wheel Cat

Please click the images above for more photos and details.

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