About Joseph Tame

Welcome to the officially official website of the official Joseph Tame, a Tokyo-based Brit from the West of England, now living with his wife, two sons, and lots of yellow duct tape in central Tokyo.

Joseph is Founder and Chief Wildlife Officer at Wild Tame Co., Ltd (a creative agency and video production house located in central Tokyo), a public performance artist, and a marathon runner.

Sometimes he combines all of these into one.

Find out what he’s doing right now, here.

Joseph loves collaborative projects – find out more about working with him here.

ジョセフについて

こんにちは。ジョセフ・テイムです。2000年にイギリスから初来日、2008年から日本に住んでいます。僕はデジタルメディア・プロデューサー、アーティスト、起業家、マラソンランナー、講演者(スピーカー)、コンサルタント、トレーナー、発明家、夫、父として東京に住んでいます。

このサイトの日本語版はこちらです。

LATEST VIDEOS

Running Tokyo: What it means to me

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TOKYO MARATHON 2016

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SAKURAMAN

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The On-Demand Christmas Tree

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LATEST NEWS
Tokyo Marathon 2017 Live Stream

Tokyo Marathon 2017 Live Stream

JOSEPH TAME'S 9TH ANNUAL LIVE-STREAMED INTERACTIVE TOKYO MARATHON Sunday February 26th 2017 Saturday February 25th 15:00-21:00 PST Sunday February 26th 00:00-06:00 GMT/UTC LIVE CAMERA 1: PERISCOPE / TWITTER CLICK HERE for the latest live video on Twitter and Tweet me!...

Running Tokyo: What it means to me

Running Tokyo: What it means to me

With just a 6 weeks to go until the Tokyo Marathon, I'm trying to get in as much training in as I can. The other night I decided to take my camera with me to document my run ...and it kind of turned into a mini-documentary about what running means to me. I started off...

Nazca Lines Found in Tokyo?

Nazca Lines Found in Tokyo?

The 2016 Tokyo Marathon (my 8th Tokyo Marathon, and 7th full Marathon) was the first for which I actually managed to train properly. When I say train properly, I mean spend about 4 months running several times a week, gradually building up to marathon distance. Why? I...

Tokyo Marathon 2016

Tokyo Marathon 2016

JOSEPH TAME'S 8th ANNUAL LIVE-STREAMED TOKYO MARATHON The world's first sports event broadcast in full 360-VR from the athlete's head History was made on February 28th 2016 Eight years in the making: Tokyo Marathon 2016 sees my 360 degree dream become a reality. Right...

Olympus Open Platform Camera Collaboration: Wearable Photo Studio

Olympus Open Platform Camera Collaboration: Wearable Photo Studio

In 2014 I was invited to be a part of a six month project focused on an groundbreaking new camera that Olympus was working on. Olympus describe the camera that it became, the Olympus Air, as: "... a new concept, OPEN PLATFORM CAMERA (OPC) that pairs the sophistication...

IoT Chocolate Vending Machine Hat

IoT Chocolate Vending Machine Hat

The Chocolate Vending Machine hat was first inspired by my experience as a runner in the Tokyo Marathon. During the race, hundreds of thousands of supporters lining the road hand out chocolates, sweets, drinks, miso soup and cold spray. Their generosity makes a huge...

Brooks Summer Night Run 2016

Brooks Summer Night Run 2016

I've always enjoyed the annual Brooks Summer Night Run - a 12-hour relay race, taking place on a weekend from 7pm to 7am. Having taken part three times in the past, the organisers were familiar with my outfit and attitude, and this year asked me if I'd like to enter...

Joseph co-presents NHK Morning News Report

Joseph co-presents NHK Morning News Report

Earlier this summer I was approached by a producer for NHK's main morning news show, Ohayo Nippon. They were planning to run a report on some off-the-beaten-track locations that represented Japan's craftsmanship / attention to detail in manufacturing. These locations...

PechaKucha Night Special x MINI @ BMW Group Tokyo Bay

PechaKucha Night Special x MINI @ BMW Group Tokyo Bay

I recently had the opportunity to present at a very special PechaKucha night, held at the brand new BMW Group Tokyo Bay space in Odaiba - a space designed by PechaKucha founders (and architects) Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein. The theme of the night was 'mobility', so I...

Running Art: Collaboration with Yomiuri TV’s ‘Garigeru’

Running Art: Collaboration with Yomiuri TV’s ‘Garigeru’

A little while back, Yomiuri TV, part of the Nippon TV network based in Osaka, approached me with an idea to turn Running Art into a running game, to be played on the streets of Osaka. The concept was as follows: Design a 10km running art course in the shape of a...

TV: Collaboration with NTV for Running Art Series

TV: Collaboration with NTV for Running Art Series

Earlier this year we joined forces with Nippon TV and Hiroshima TV, to make a three-part series focused on Running Art - "Chikyu Mapping” (literally 'Globe Mapping'). For the first episode, we headed on down to Hiroshima, where me met up with Haruna Ai-san (a well...

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