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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Philippe Fragnière captures the myth and magic of mountain life
In ʻBalancing Actʼ at SAI Gallery, Tokyo, Swiss photographer Philippe Fragnière explores the mythologies of his native Alps
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Kyoto bank transformed into sensory play area by architect Satoshi Takijiri
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Fresh taste: Takashi Murakami and NEXT5 releases limited edition sake
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Tune in Tokyo: Diesel celebrates 30 years in Japan
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Book: New Architecture in Japan
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Kengo Kuma’s Ace Hotel Kyoto opens in a converted telephone office
Discover the design details of Asia's first Ace Hotel, as realised by architect Kengo Kuma and Commune Design
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Development news from Honda’s Japan HQ
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Go East: ’Encounters’ is a startling survey of contemporary Japanese creativity
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Japan’s new bullet train to link Tokyo and Hokkaidō
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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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Balancing act: Case-Real convert Japanese storehouse into modern work space
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Japanese architect Go Fujita designs a concrete live/work space for himself
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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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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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’Origins in Progress’ by BCXSY at Pantaloon Gallery, Osaka
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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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