Japan influences the rest of the world through its innovations in design and style, but how do its designers, architects, photographers, artists, film-makers and art directors really live - and how does this inspire their work? In this text, a Japanese design expert and a leading photographer answer this question by following 25 of Japan's most important young creatives as they go about an ordinary day. reveals all aspects of their lifestyle, from state-of-the-art offices to the latest clubs, bars, and restaurants, as well as modern interpretations of traditional Japanese places such as tea-ceremony rooms and ryokans (guest houses). The photography captures not just the interiors and the people, but also the extraordinary design details, including table settings, furniture, glass, fabrics, lighting, and, of course, objects, that surround the fashionable Japanese every day.