No matter what you do, getting started isn’t that hard, but sticking with it is. Only those who keep at it can achieve certain things and see certain views.
A leading skate label in TokyoDiaspora Skateboards.will celebrate its 15th anniversary in 2026. Even though skateboarding has become an Olympic sport, skaters on the streets are still a minority. Those 15 years must have been tougher than anyone could have imagined.
To celebrate this anniversary, the rapperBIMinterpoint (interword separation)in-dinterpoint (interword separation)VaVainterpoint (interword separation)JUBEEanddoooo (DJ)interpoint (interword separation)Heiyuua crew consisting ofCreativeDrugStoreAnd so, a collaboration collection—the first in four years—is set to be released.
This collection features a three-piece set and a hoodie that reinterpret the patterns of Kiso lacquerware—a traditional craft from Shinshu and the very roots of *Diaspora Skateboz*—as camouflage. It also includes five items in total, such as the shichimi pepper blend created through a triple collaboration with , as well as a shichimi togarashi spice blend and a ceramic tray shaped like a cassette tape.
CDSP 3-Layer Jacket ¥ 44,000; CDSP 3-Layer Mil Wide Pants ¥ 26,400
CDSP Urushi Hooded Sweatshirt ¥24,200
CDSP Urushi Hooded Sweatshirt ¥24,200
CDSP Urushi Hooded Sweatshirt ¥24,200
CDSP Urushi Hooded Sweatshirt ¥24,200
CDSP Ceramic Cassette Tape Plate ¥4,950
CDSP Yahatanoya Isogoro Shichimi Pepper ¥1,870
The collection visuals also feature a close friend of *Diaspora Skateboz*, who produced the track “CreativeDrugStore – Afterimage (16FLIP Remix),” created as a bonus for purchasers of the ceramic tray.ISSUGIAnd so, BIM and in-d made their debut.
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You’ll surely be able to sense the story behind *Diaspora Skateboys* from the visuals of these friends, who have been pushing each other to improve for years—not just as commercial partners.
The collaboration collection will be available on Saturday, January 31, at the flagship store of *Diaspora Skateboz*PURRBS.Available for purchase at the "Creative Discrete Medicine Direct Sale" event (online sales TBD). The following day, Sunday, February 1, at Daikanyama’sORD."Don’t miss the after-party titled “CREATIVE ROOM Vol. 18 – Creative Prescription Session” taking place there.
This two-day event, a fitting celebration of the 15th anniversary of *Diaspora Skateboz*, is sure to be a special occasion as we look ahead to our 20th and 30th anniversaries.
