Issay Kitagawa Graphic designer and artist working in product design, character design, and branding in Japan and overseas As an expression of gratitude for what I receive (Japanese: Itadakimasu !), I draw the Japanese gods. Japanese gods are invisible, so we cannot really draw them, but I do it anyway. In the inside bottom of the bowl, I create a god shaped like a magatama , a curved gem. Because of the location of the image, you don’t see it until you finish eating the ramen. On the renge spoon, I draw the god invisibly.
Photo by Hiroshi Tsujitani (Nacasa & Partners Inc.)
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