Jazz Kissa

Published December 12, 2025

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WS Craft’s upright and italic styles are mixed by graphic designer Bernardo Berga in Jazz Kissa, a book about the culture of jazz listening bars in Japan, published by creative agency and publishing house ERG Media:

Immerse yourself in the soul of Japanese listening culture with Jazz Kissa, an expansive photographic exploration of Japan’s iconic jazz cafés, known as Jazz Kissa. The book is the result of over fifteen years of dedicated work by photographer and cultural historian Katsumasa Kusunose, who has meticulously documented these intimate spaces and the people who keep their spirit alive.

Printed on specially sourced Japanese paper inspired by the texture of Altec A7 speakers and wrapped in a traditional OBI strip, Jazz Kissa is both a cultural document and a beautiful object in its own right.

The typefaces used on the obi strip are Eiko and Source Han Sans for the Japanese title, “ジャズ喫茶”.

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