Two IT departments at Södertörn University – Media Technology and Informatics – organized with the support of media technology professor Lars Erik Holmquist, the Sasakawa Foundation and the Swedish Embassy an inspiration trip to Tokyo visiting several academic institutions, design studios and research labs. The Publication 6:2010 is a a documentation of this trip and a recent publication in a series of keynote presentations as well as conference proceedings from international conferences organized since 2005 by the Media Technology Department at Södertörn University.