Japan Art, architecture and travel
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Japan - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Japan.
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Luxe glamping with Mount Fuji views with the launch of the new Hoshinoya property
By Emilee Tombs • Last updated
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Secrets of Japanese cookery revealed in Phaidon’s latest graphic tome
By Elly Parsons • Last updated
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Looking back: two new shows reveal different sides of Takashi Murakami
By Catherine Shaw • Last updated
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In the fold: Issey Miyake, Ikko Tanaka, and the art of fashion
By Edward Siddons • Last updated
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Review: Ryoji Ikeda’s London show is a sensory assault course
Exhibition review of Ryoji Ikeda's epic intervention at 180 The Strand, London. The Japanese artist’s solo show is an intense fusion of sound and vision. Warning: videos include flashing images
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Book: How to Make a Japanese House
By Jonathan Bell • Last updated
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Aman Tokyo — Tokyo, Japan
By Catherine Shaw • Last updated
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Setouchi Aonagi is architect Tadao Ando’s new seven-room retreat
By Jens Jensen • Last updated
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Dover Street Market Ginza, Tokyo
By Ellen Himelfarb • Last updated
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Japan as seen through the lens of Marcio Kogan
Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan recalls his Christmas tradition of traveling to Japan and how that inspired a new collection of seating for Minotti, referencing the original 1960s design of hotel Okura by Yoshiro Taniguchi
By Scott Mitchem • Last updated
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Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara opens at Vitra Campus
The Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara is installed at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein
By Ali Morris • Last updated
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Kyoto’s first Blue Bottle Coffee shop is an architectural zen retreat
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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Zen garden: Takashi Murakami brings a selection of Japanese ceramics to LA
By Su Wu • Last updated
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Treasure island: two new buildings alight on an art paradise in the Seto Inland Sea
By Jens Jensen • Last updated
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Designart Tokyo transforms the city into a living, multi-sensory museum
The third edition of the fair (18-27 October) showcases over 100 exhibitions across the Japanese capital
By Danielle Demetriou • Last updated
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An Instagram hotspot in Tokyo is under threat, so snap it before it’s flattened
Designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa, the iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo has become something of an Instagram pilgrimage for architecture enthusiasts. But as the building fell into a state of disrepair, the Metabolist landmark has long been in danger of demolition and the final decision is to be made by the building’s management society by vote
By Sanae Sato • Last updated
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Junya Ishigami designs vast, undulating pavilion in Kanagawa
Japanese architect Junya Ishigami completes KAIT Plaza, a minimalist, column-free pavilion at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology that celebrates oft-unsung, semi-open spaces
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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Hoshino Resorts opens Tokyo’s first tower ryokan
By Lauren Ho • Last updated
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Izumi Kato’s haunting humanoids turn heads in New York
The Japanese artist’s new body of work – now on view at Perrotin New York – features otherworldly sculptures and paintings that fall between a sci-fi future and ancient history
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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A new café in Kyoto designed by Thomas Lykke of Copenhagen studio OeO
By Jens Jensen • Last updated
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Zen master: Carlo Scarpa and Japan's guiding influence
By Charlotte Jansen • Last updated
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Twin cultural destination Photo Elysée and Mudac completed in Lausanne
Architecture studio Aires Mateus completes its building to house Photo Elysée and Mudac in Lausanne, Switzerland
By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated
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This Japanese cooking tool is revolutionising kitchen tech
The Anaori Kakugama is a new multi-purpose kitchen tool that uses carbon graphite to lock in umami flavour.
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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The Aman group continues its successful foray into Japan with the launch of Amanemu
By Ella Marshall • Last updated
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Niwaki is a new outlet for Japan’s most innovative tools
New London store Niwaki sells exquisitely crafted Japanese gardening tools and workwear
By Mary Cleary • Last updated
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Japanese minimalism meets Scandinavian design in Karimoku Case Study
The Azabu Residence by Keiji Ashizawa and Norm Architects’ Frederik Alexander Werner is part of the Karimoku Case Study project, and features a sombre material palette and restrained colour scheme for a peaceful family interior
By Rosa Bertoli • Last updated
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Kazuhito Kawai’s quest for ugly beauty in ceramic art
Ahead of a show at Steve Turner Gallery, LA, Japanese ceramic artist Kazuhito Kawai discusses the origins of his deliberately deformed kaleidoscopic creations
By Minako Norimatsu • Last updated
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