Azito was introduced on Japan Times with the story of why Azito was born and how it is working.

“Azito represents one of Japan’s first full-fledged attempts to combine the highbrow world of art with the low-cost world of online trading.”

“… it has the potential to shake up the local art world. Never before has a dealer so deftly harnessed the reputations of brand-name galleries, the convenience of the Internet, a good understanding of English-language sales and the undisputed quality of Japanese contemporary art.”

Read the article on Japan Times…
Japan’s modern art gets an online boost

About Japan Times:
In addition to economic, political, sports and hard news, other information includes commentaries from opinion leaders in various fields, editorials that reflect Japanese public opinion, regional features on everyday life and articles on culture and entertainment. Ever aware that readers of The Japan Times are from many nations and have diverse interests, viewpoints and cultural backgrounds, we take great care to produce a responsible newspaper that is impartial and balanced. Through our tieups with overseas news agencies and newspapers, our readers have access to stories that enable them to not only know what is going on in the world but also to gain insight into what people of other countries are thinking and, at the same time, to rediscover Japan itself.

Paramodel’s “tommy sushi” was posted on Japan Society’s Blog, praising AZITO wirter Teriha’s interpretation of the artwork.

Read the article on Japan Society Blog…
Artists: Paramodel & The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture

About Japan Society:
Organization based in New York, presenting over 100 events annually through well established Corporate, Education, Film, Gallery, Lectures, Performing Arts and Innovators Network programs, the Society is an internationally recognized nonprofit, nonpolitical organization that provides access to information on Japan, offers opportunities to experience Japanese culture, and fosters sustained and open dialogue on issues important to the U.S., Japan, and East Asia.

Read the posted on White Zine…
Paramodel – Sushi trucks

About White Zine:
Whitezine is a web magazine about inspiration. It includes Digital Arts (photography, graphic-design, motions…) and Trends (Fashion, Design, Architecture, Arts…). We treat those subjects with the frequency of two or three articles a day. Whitezine was opened on 29th May 2009, and since then starting growing day after day to become a reference in the Design blogosphere.

Read the article on SHIFT…
AZITO NEWS FEBRUARY 10

About SHIFT:
SHIFT is an online magazine which translates international information to Japan and Japanese information to overseas, mainly featuring world creative cultures such as art, design, fashion, music, and multimedia. It mainly covers creators/artists’ activities by interview, event report, book review, etc, in a bilingual form (English/Japanese). Launched in November 1996.

Read the post on JeanSnow.net…
Azito is an online gallery that deals with sales of Japanese contemporary art worlwide…

About Jean Snow:
Jean Snow lives and breathes design, pop culture, and gaming in Tokyo — sustained by an unhealthy addiction to magazines and frequent visits to his favorites cafes. He has reported on these obsessions for the following online/offline publications: Time, Inside (Australian Design Review), Gizmodo, Gridskipper, Kotaku, Tokyo Q, Superfuture, OK Fred, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, I.D. (International Design), Metropolis, Azure, MoCo Loco, Kateigaho International Edition, Wired’s Game|Life, PingMag, CNNGo, and The Japan Times. He also manages the gallery space at Cafe Pause.