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Noma Kyoto pops up with a design inspired by Japanese cultureThe Noma Kyoto pop-up is open until 20 May 2023, hosted in the spaces of Kengo Kuma's Ace Hotel, and with interiors designed by Copenhagen's OEO Studio
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Tomoaki Uno’s forest-inspired office in Japan is mesmerisingTomoaki Uno's new office and events space in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture offers a way through the woods
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Circus tent structure inspires this Japanese holiday home for a car loverHitoshi Saruta of Cubo Design Architect draws on the circus tent structure for his latest residential offering, a holiday home in Japan, called The Circus
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Tokyo Toilet project gets Marc Newson additionThe Tokyo Toilet project has a new addition, a Marc Newson-designed facility in the heart of the city’s Shibuya district
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Karimoku Commons Kyoto offers an intimate, home-like experienceKarimoku Furniture Inc opens its first Karimoku Commons location in Kyoto, in a former wooden machiya townhouse that offers an intimate experience of the brand
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This tiny house is the perfect lookout towards the Seto Inland SeaA tiny house by Schemata Architects looks out towards the Seto Inland Sea
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Ab Rogers crafts ‘co-being’ brutalist artist’s studio for Hiraki Sawa in KanazawaFishmarket is Hiraki Sawa’s new, brutalist artist’s studio, designed by Ab Rogers in Kanazawa
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Humo, a new Mayfair restaurant, revolutionises wood-fired cookingMayfair restaurant Humo experiments with different types of wood to create unique and delicious flavours
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MSCTY asks, what does unbuilt architecture sound like?Sound and architecture studio MSCTY creates a collection of music and sounds inspired by unbuilt buildings
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Japan’s newest hospitality offering is Not A HotelUnique hospitality offering Not A Hotel in Japan, by Shinji Hamauzu and Suppose Design Office, has won Best Timeshare at Wallpaper* Design Awards 2023
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Hiroshi Sugimoto: ‘The deeper I explore Shinto and Buddhist art, the more it reveals the shallowness of contemporary art’‘Hiroshi Sugimoto – The Descent of the Kasuga Spirit’, at the Kasuga-Taisha shrine in Nara, Japan, sees the acclaimed photographer draw on Japan’s spiritual past and present
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In memoriam: Arata Isozaki (1931 – 2022)The legendary Japanese architect Arata Isozaki dies on 29th December 2022; we celebrate his life and work
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Artist’s Palate: Chiharu Shiota’s recipe for okonomiyakiGet tangled up in Chiharu Shiota’s recipe for okonomiyaki, from our January 2023 issue’s Artist’s Palate feature, a Wallpaper* homage to our favourite contemporary art
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Shiguchi is a Japanese cultural retreat that bridges tradition and the 21st centuryShiguchi is a new Japanese cultural hub set amid nature, by artist and collector Shouya Grigg
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№ 001 Minami Aoyama is an Aston Martin architectural venture in Tokyo№ 001 Minami Aoyama is a bespoke residence for an Aston Martin collector, located in the heart of Tokyo’s Omotesando; shaped by Aston Martin, Vibroa, and Intentionallies, it’s due for completion in 2023
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Take the ultimate Carlo Scarpa tour of VeniceA Carlo Scarpa tour to end all tours; join our survey of modernist buildings by the Italian midcentury master in and around Venice
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Kengo Kuma’s One@Tokyo hotel juxtaposes tradition and modernityOne@Tokyo's Kengo Kuma design is the latest project from Agora Hospitalities Co and Sky Hospitality
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Designart Tokyo transforms the city into a museum of creativityDesignart Tokyo presents global design highlights through a series of exhibitions involving global creative talent and traditional Japanese craft
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World View: Letter from JapanThe World View series shines light on the creativity and resilience of designers around the world as they confront the challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with contributors around the world, we reach out to creative talents to ponder the power of design in difficult times and share messages of hope. In and around Tokyo, a city that has so far avoided the worst of the pandemic, design studios Rhizomatiks, Gen Suzuki, Akira Minagawa and Drill Design find that having to stay in comes with its own challenges, but unexpected upsides too, reports our Japan editor Jens H Jensen
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Noiz Architects take on tatami, weaving a new path for the Japanese craft
