Art, architecture and travel in Japan

Gabriel Orozco’s creative explorations in Japan take centre stage at London’s Marian Goodman Gallery

By Ali Morris Last updated 25 October 22

Japan’s Book and Bed concept hotel is a bibliophile's dream

By Danielle Demetriou Last updated 25 October 22

Post-apocolyptic art: Daniel Arsham foresees life in 2044

By Elly Parsons Last updated 25 October 22

Bottega Veneta stages a Japanese-themed pop-up store in Milan

By Daven Wu Last updated 25 October 22

La vie magnifique: a trio of artists celebrate the banal at Palais de Tokyo

Ugo Rondinone, Ragnar Kjartansson and Mélanie Matranga take over Paris' Palais de Tokyo with a trio of shows that celebrate the beauty of the everyday

By Ali Morris Last updated 21 October 22

Carsten Höller curates JapanCongo in Grenoble

By Malaika Byng Last updated 21 October 22

Ambiente 2014: the Frankfurt design fair casts a spotlight on Japan amid its new launches

By Rosa Bertoli Last updated 21 October 22

Seeing red: a new monograph gets under the skin of installation artist Chiharu Shiota

By Charlotte Jansen Last updated 21 October 22

Block party: a new book explores Tokyo’s unique family homes

By Gordon Knight Last updated 21 October 22

The wabi-sabi of Erika Nakagawa's ‘breakthrough project’ in Japan

Setting up her office in Toyko in 2014, Erika Nakagawa describes Momoyama House as her ‘breakthrough project’. The weekend retreat in the Shizuoka Prefecture features an unusually high, undulating concrete roof raised on concrete pillars that creates a flowing interior, which opens entirely towards the surrounding nature. Nakagawa has also been invited to exhibit work at the respected Toto Gallery Ma space for architecture in 2021, whose selection committee includes Tadao Ando. 

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 21 October 22

After shock: New York’s Japan Society presents work on the 3/11 tragedy

By Olivia Martin Last updated 21 October 22

Pettanco House is a live/work space that showcases fine Japanese carpentry

By Sara Sturges Last updated 21 October 22

Ahead of the curve: we visit D House, Ron Arad's latest project in Tokyo

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

The outsider's view: W* catches up with Japanese architect Yo Shimada

By Gordon Knight Last updated 20 October 22

Interactive floorplan: Base Valley House, Japan

By Cathelijne Nuijsink Last updated 20 October 22

Hiroshi Sambuichi reveals Cisternerne extension in Denmark

Japanese architect Hiroshi Sambuichi and Cisternerne director Astrid la Cour reveal plans for a new exhibition space in Denmark 

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 20 October 22

Katagiri Architecture and Design

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Adam Nathaniel Furman’s colourful vision for a Tokyo apartment

By Ali Morris Last updated 20 October 22

AB Concept’s hot-spring mountain retreat in Karuizawa, Japan

Ed Ng and Terence Ngan show us around their idyllic Japan retreat

By Catherine Shaw Last updated 20 October 22

Hayakawa/Kowalczyk

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Shuhei Goto Architects

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

Collecting memories: Shinro Ohtake debuts his first UK solo multimedia show at Parasol Unit

By Nick Compton Last updated 19 October 22

Shingo Masuda + Katsuhisa Otsubo Architects

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 19 October 22

What lies beneath: a swirling installation in light by TeamLab is pulling us in

By Elly Parsons Last updated 18 October 22