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Giving form to a region.

A record of the projects we have taken on,
in design and in community-building.

FeaturedSelected work

  • Community / Regional 2026

    Kaga Onsen-go Fireworks Festival in Katayamazu — Funding, Cultural Succession & Design

    Katayamazu Onsen Tourism Association / Katayamazu Onsen Ryokan Cooperative

    A fireworks festival held every August night over Lake Shibayama in Katayamazu Onsen, Kaga — running since 1980. BASEYARZ built the sponsorship-funding system, the cultural-succession support and the official website so the tradition can be carried into the future.

    Official site Katayamazu Onsen Tourism Association Instagram (@katayamazuonsen) 📍 Google Maps

  • Branding 2025

    KITAMAE BASE Kaga Hashidate — Community Co-creation Small Luxury Hotel

    KITAMAE BASE Inc. (operator)

    A 9-room small luxury hotel in the former-kaisen-ship port town of Hashidate, Kaga — a renovated ryotei reinterpreting the Kitamae ships’ spirit of “trade and co-creation.” Built with local carpenters, fishers and farmers, and creators from Kurosaki BASE (BASEYARZ). Operated by Kitamae BASE Inc.

    Official site PR TIMES (KITAMAE BASE Inc.) Book a stay Instagram (@kitamaebase) Chosen as the base for Design Retreat Ishikawa (Spectrum Tokyo / PR TIMES) 📍 Google Maps

  • Community / Regional 2026

    Design Retreat Ishikawa (Spectrum Tokyo) — Lodging: KITAMAE BASE Kaga Hashidate

    Spectrum Tokyo Inc. (organiser)

    Spectrum Tokyo’s new field retreat for designers. Its first edition, held 27 Feb–1 Mar 2026 across Kaga, Noto and Kanazawa in Ishikawa, used “KITAMAE BASE Kaga Hashidate” — the community co-creation small luxury hotel that BASEYARZ creatives took part in building — as its base.

    PR TIMES (Spectrum Tokyo) Design Retreat site Spectrum Tokyo

  • Branding

    Kutani Mangetsu — Brand Design

    Kutani Mangetsu (Kaga, Ishikawa)

    One of the largest Kutani-ware and tableware specialists in the Hokuriku region — a complex with retail, pottery experiences and a restaurant. We designed the brand experience end to end: logo, signage, on-site experience design and gift packaging.

    Official site Kutani workshop (this site) 📍 Google Maps

  • Branding

    Kamameshi Manpuku & Café — Brand & Interior

    Kutani Mangetsu, directly operated (Kaga, Ishikawa)

    A kettle-rice restaurant run by Kutani Mangetsu. Built around the experience of eating from Kutani ware, we designed the brand, logo and interior as a whole.

    Official site 📍 Google Maps

  • Branding 2026

    CANBASe — Brand Design & Website

    CANBASe (Mitz Kanazawa / campervan rental)

    Campingcar-rental service based at Kanazawa Station west exit, part of the Mitz Kanazawa complex. We designed the brand identity — logo, colour, naming — and built the reservation LP with Next.js and microCMS.

    Official site

  • Branding 2026

    Mitz Kanazawa — Brand & Experience Design

    Mitz Kanazawa (Kanazawa, Ishikawa)

    An experiential culture hub by the west exit of Kanazawa Station — the food-and-experience restaurant-bar “N3W”, the grown-ups’ outdoor playground “PLAYGROUND+”, and a camper-van rental.

    Official site 📍 Google Maps

  • Editorial / ZINE

    Kagamibito — Regional ZINE

    Kaga, Ishikawa

    A ZINE profiling the people behind local enterprise in Kaga — the spirited men and women carrying the region’s future. We put faces and stories to the local makers.

    Web version (STUDIO)

  • Community / Regional 2025

    YADOKARI Project

    BASEYARZ (initiator / operator)

    A disaster-relief project connecting vacation-rental (minpaku) owners across Japan with people affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake — lodging, supplies and recovery support delivered across three phases, 259 cases in all.

    Official site Activity report

WorksWorks

Selected works.

From corporate sites, e-commerce and recruiting to apps and public projects. With design at the core, we build everything from full-scratch to STUDIO, WordPress, BASE and Wix.

Corporate Sites

Full-scratch builds alongside STUDIO and WordPress.

  • ITAKOTO ↗
  • gravita
  • Aero Concept
  • HAO-BAG
  • 千代田機電株式会社
  • 泉印刷
  • スウェーデンハウス

E-Commerce

Shops built on BASE, Wix and similar platforms.

  • FOOD JEWELRY
  • 会津のぶっさんめいさん
  • mrupeinet
  • HACHI SAKE
  • 旅のはじまりビール

Recruiting Sites

  • 日本ビジネスアート
  • 株式会社カラフルカンパニー
  • 合同会社DMM.com
  • DMM GUILD インターンシップ

Portal / Service

  • 結婚賛歌
  • 家づくりナビ
  • 金沢情報Web

Mobile Apps

Public Sector

  • こども交流センター

LINE Stickers

  • 金沢弁スタンプ 他

* A selection. Details and links are added over time. For project enquiries, get in touch.

TalksTalks & events

Talks & community.

On design, UX and team-building, we have spoken at and hosted conferences and study groups.

MediaMedia

Featured in media.

From books and talks on design and organisation to vacant-home renewal and multi-base, side-business ways of working — our design-led engagement with the region has been featured across media and on stage.

Talks & Design

Books, talks and writing — on design, the region, and working across several jobs.

Lifestyle & Region

Interviews on relocating, working across several jobs, and vacant-home renewal.

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