Art, architecture and travel in Japan
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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King Houndekpinkou: space-age meets tradition in ceramic art
Paris-based artist King Houndekpinkou’s other-worldly ceramic art creations fuse ancestral pottery traditions with space-age video games.
By Minako Norimatsu Last updated
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Hublot’s Tokyo watch boutique plays on glass and crystal
The flagship boutique in Ginza is Hublot’s largest retail space to date
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Chiharu Shiota’s ‘labyrinth within a labyrinth’ at Copenhagen’s Cisternerne
Chiharu Shiota has become the latest artist to take over the arched depths of Copenhagen’s Cisternerne. Titled Multiple Realities, her installation is a poetic landscape of web-like yarn, both serene and unsettling
By Minako Norimatsu Last updated
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Yayoi Kusama documentary charts her turbulent rise to art icon
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Nanamica’s NYC store nods to a Japanese beach house
Japanese menswear brand Nanamica has collaborated with New York-based architect Taichi Kuma on its Soho boutique
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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A warm welcome: Japanese beauty brand Shiro opens London store
By Adam Chapman Last updated
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The Melbourne restaurants and bars that deliver straight to your door
As the Melbourne dining out culture shifts to eating at home, residents are still craving the comfort of their favourite local restaurants and bars. Here, we present our pick of the Melbourne restaurants and bars offering takeaway and delivery
By Lauren Ho Last updated
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The things that define you: an exhibition of zakka at 21_21 Design Sight Tokyo
By Tom Howells Last updated
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Margaret Howell's new film is a tribute to Japanese culture
Affinities – 50 Years of Design marks the 50th anniversary of the Margaret Howell clothing brand
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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The Millennials is a modern, updated version of Japan’s famed capsule hotel concept
By Danielle Demetriou Last updated
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Tsumamigui — Tokyo, Japan
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Architect Jun Aoki designs fabric-like façade for Loro Piana's new Tokyo flagship
The storied Italian brand makes a subtle architectural statement with its new Tokyo outpost
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Koichi Futatsumata gives an old business hotel a stylish minimal makeover
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Kimono specialist Hosoo opens minimalist Kyoto flagship
By Danielle Demetriou Last updated
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A new Tokyo museum designed by Kume Sekkei brings us closer to the art of Yayoi Kusama
By Danielle Demetriou Last updated
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The Marriott group launches diffusion brand Moxy in Osaka
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Renowned architects design sculptural beauty packaging
Architects Kengo Kuma, Oskar Leo Kaufmann, and Tokujin Yoshioka are designing a new landscape in the world of beauty packaging
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Project Japan: Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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A contemporary tea room and shop opens in Tokyo
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Kengo Kuma on the cultural perspectives of Japanese furniture
By Yoko Choy Last updated
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Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura faces off with Old Masters in New York
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Worthy winner: Jun'ya Ishigami scoops top international architecture award
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Found Muji
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The Café by Aman — Tokyo, Japan
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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A new collection of furniture combines Italian and Japanese craftsmanship
Italian furniture company De Padova and Japanese brand Time & Style join forces on a collection of furniture that marries the two countries' aesthetics and craftsmanship traditions
By Alice Morby Last updated
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One bedroom Trunk(House) offers classic Japanese living with a disco twist in Tokyo
By Danielle Demetriou Last updated
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Case Real transforms a disappearing tenement house into an Aesop store in Japan
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