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Japan’s new bullet train to link Tokyo and Hokkaidō
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Dream machines: Japanese robots mirror human behaviour in London
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Kengo Kuma and Ryuichi Sakamoto team up to create architectural building blocks
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Kyoto’s Flux hair salon gets a minimalist make-under complete with concrete beauty bar
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Nihon noir: Tom Blachford sheds light on Tokyo’s dark side
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Tom Blachford creates a cinematic dystopia from Japan’s brutalist past
In a new chapter of his series Nihon Noir, the night-crawling photographer captures the futuristic metropolises of Tokyo and Kyoto to dystopian effect
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Make believe: lose yourself in TeamLab’s immersive lightworks
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Artechnic brings life to a concrete corner of Tokyo
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Teruhiro Yanagihara creates terroir-inspired interiors for new restaurant Sower in Japan
Sower, the new Japanese restaurant on Lake Biwa, features a minimalist design and a material palette inspired by its surroundings
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Japanese architect Go Fujita designs a concrete live/work space for himself
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Tadao Ando-designed Wrightwood 659 exhibition space opens in Chicago
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Naked glory: TNA’s town house is a revealing experiment in transparency
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Tadao Ando’s He Art Museum draws on local Chinese vernacular
The famed Japanese architect draws on traditional, local architecture in his latest cultural project, the He Art Museum (HEM), which prepares to open its doors in Shunde, Southern China
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Middle eastern star: Jean Nouvel’s Louvre Abu Dhabi makes its grand debut
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Tadao Ando’s Shinmonzen hotel in Kyoto is a new classic
Respectful of the past but with a unique take on the present, Kyoto’s Tadao Ando-designed Shinmonzen hotel should be a hit for years to come
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Fukushima community centre revitalises earthquake-damaged city
Fukushima's Sukagawa City now has a brand new community centre, courtesy of Japan's Unemori Architects, created in consultation with the local population and municipality
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Sugamo Shinkin Bank by Emmanuelle Moureaux, Japan
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Sou Fujimoto’s brutalist concrete hotel revival transforms Maebashi
The revival of the brutalist concrete Shiroiya Hotel by architect Sou Fujimoto is part of Hitoshi Tanaka's desire to turn an unassuming Japanese city into a design destination
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Japanese library inspired by forests celebrates communal learning
A new library and community center in Nasushiobara by the Japanese architecture studio of Mari Ito, UAo, takes its cues from forests
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Kyoto soba confectioner launches store in wooden machiya townhouse
A celebrated Kyoto soba confectioner and restaurant, Honke Owariya, offers a custom-built outlet for its sweet treats courtesy of Osaka-based designer Teruhiro Yanagihara
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New Paris beauty spot En takes design cues from Japanese tea ceremonies
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Play area: MAD’s Japanese kindergarten merges old and new
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Cod father: Nobu has revolutionised Japanese cusine – and now hotels – around the world
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Birthday buzz and secret messages at Takashi Murakami retrospective
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Remote Japanese concept store celebrates the future of craft
Les Six, a new concept store in South Japan, sells crafted wares for a new world
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Fukushima forever: a portrait of absence and uncertainty
Almost a decade after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Giles Price photographs those who dare to return in a poignant new book
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For goodness’ sake: Soho+Co’s pop-up sake bar makes a splash in London
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