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From a small atelier in Kyoto, a family have been chasing mastery of their craft for nearly 150 years. Slowly but surely, Kaikado are today renowned the world over for their ‘Chazutsu’ cylindrical tea caddies, which remain hand made and retain each of the 130 processes used in the manufacture since the company’s founding in 1875. Created with impeccable precision, a lid manufactured this year will silkily glide down to make an airtight seal on a caddy manufactured half a century prior. Caddies become heirlooms, and many return to the Kyoto atelier for repairs or adjustments after many years. Kaikado is now on its sixth generation; Takahiro Yagi carries the torch forward, balancing his duty to his family history with his passion for cars. “I think of Kaikado in the same way as the 964 RS. Each craftsperson has their own unique personality, but those individual characters each play a critical role in forming this thing we call Kaikado.”