A hand-bound zine by a Tokyo night photographer.
48 pages, riso-printed in Nakano, edition of 200.
— Vol. 01
Issue Nº 01 · Tokyo · 01 July 2026
One destination,
slowly assembled,
mailed to your door.
Each month a single city is researched, walked, and pared down to a small box of objects worth keeping. No itinerary, no novelty, no airport vocabulary.
Photograph · Shibuya, March 202601 / 04
§ 02Inside The Box
Four objects, chosen because they were made — not because they fit a theme.
Every issue assembles around a single city. Below is what arrives this July, in order of size.
A wood-fired guinomi from a fourth-generation kiln in Mashiko.
Irregular at the rim, glazed in iron-flecked white.
Hinoki incense rolled by hand in a Kyoto temple workshop.
Twelve sticks, cedar-bright, no synthetic binders.
A tenugui dyed with natural indigo at a 200-year-old Asakusa shop.
Cotton, 35 × 90 cm, softens with every wash.
§ 03How It Works
Step 01
Choose your plan.
Monthly, founding-member, or annual. Cancel anytime — no holds, no calls, no penalty.
Step 02
We spend the month researching one city.
Our editor walks the same streets, talks to makers, and keeps four objects. The other forty are returned.
Step 03
A box arrives the first week of every month.
Inside: the objects, a 24-page essay on where they came from, and a pressed receipt from a real shop.
Issue Nº 01 · Tokyo
Photograph · Yanaka, 02:14
§ 04 · This MonthThis month,
This month,
Tokyo.
Ships 01 July · Closes 24 June
We chose the Tokyo no postcard sells. Two weeks in Yanaka and Nakano, mornings at the Tsukiji outer market, late nights in Golden Gai with a photographer who only shoots between midnight and four. The box we built is small on purpose: a hand-bound zine, a kiln-fired cup, a coil of hinoki incense, and an indigo cloth that will outlast you. None of it was made for tourists. All of it was paid for in cash, with receipts, by a person who has eaten dinner in those rooms more than once.
Reserve Issue Nº 0112 days remaining
§ 05Plans
Three ways in.
One stays open longest.
All plans renew automatically and can be cancelled in two clicks. Prices in USD; free tracked shipping to the 48 contiguous US states.
Monthly
Plan$45/ month
One issue, one city, mailed the first week of every month.
- One issue per month, four objects each
- 24-page printed essay
- Free shipping to the 48 contiguous US states
- Cancel any time
50 spots
Founding
Plan$35/ month
Locked-in rate for the first 50 readers. Forever.
- Everything in Monthly, $10 less
- Founding number engraved on box one
- First access to back issues
- Two annual member-only prints
Annual
Plan$399/ year
Twelve issues, paid once. Saves a month.
- Twelve issues, one upfront
- Hardcover index of the year
- Free shipping to the 48 contiguous US states
- Gift to a friend at any time
§ 06 · The Story
LuxePassport began as a notebook. One editor, twelve cities, a rule to spend more time in shops than restaurants. The best souvenir is the one you'd never find in a tourist shop — so we go and find it. The box is the notebook, made physical: four objects from one place, paid for in cash, mailed to your door each month.
Founded · Spring 2026Editor — A. Mori, London
§ 07Postcards Home
“Tokyo does not give up its objects easily. You have to walk the side streets, follow the sound of a hammer on metal, accept that the best shop has no sign. Issue Nº 01 is the result of ten days of getting lost on purpose.
“Every object in the box was chosen by hand, paid for in cash, and carried back to the hotel in a paper bag. No distributor, no warehouse, no middleman. Just one editor, one city, and the things worth finding.
§ 08Frequently Asked
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§ 09 · Stay In TouchOne letter,
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