Culture
360-Degree Views of Japan, on the Side of a Coffee Cup
An illustrator’s panoramic drawings capture intimate, local scenes from around Tokyo.
After the illustrator Adrian Hogan finishes the coffee he buys from a Shibuya, Tokyo café, he doesn’t throw out the cup. Instead, he draws on it.
Rotating the cup until his 360-degree vision is complete, Hogan captures the whole scene around him in quick, colorful sketches. His Instagram videos of the process have gone viral, and Hogan says he’s sometimes recognized around Shibuya as he works.