Tokyo Art, architecture and travel
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Tokyo - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Tokyo.
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Tokyo Toilet project gets Marc Newson addition
The Tokyo Toilet project has a new addition, a Marc Newson-designed facility in the heart of the city’s Shibuya district
By Jens H Jensen Published
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Tokujin Yoshioka on his new light-filled store for Issey Miyake in Ginza, Tokyo
Titled ‘Issey Miyake Ginza / 442’ the new store is summed up by ‘light, future and sustainability’, says Tokujin Yoshioka. Here, he takes Wallpaper* inside the new four-storey Ginza outpost
By Danielle Demetriou Published
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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
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Designart Tokyo transforms the city into a museum of creativity
Designart Tokyo presents global design highlights through a series of exhibitions involving global creative talent and traditional Japanese craft
By Danielle Demetriou Last updated
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Print your own mini-me at the Omote 3D photo booth
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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ZHA attempts to save its Tokyo Olympic Stadium from the scrapheap
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Paris’ Palais de Tokyo reopens
By Amy Verner Last updated
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’Virgule etc’: Roger Vivier’s storied shoes go on show at Paris’ Palais de Tokyo
By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated
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Berlin gallerist Johann König heads east with Tokyo outpost
The Ginza gallery opens with an exhibition by photographer Juergen Teller exploring homesickness, German identity and his position as a European immigrant to the UK amid Brexit uncertainty
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Adam Nathaniel Furman’s colourful vision for a Tokyo apartment
By Ali Morris Last updated
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The Palais de Tokyo's latest exhibition 'Inside' has us all wrapped up
By Amy Verner Last updated
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Charting the unique make-up of Japanese architecture
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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The space of change: charting the peculiarity of Japanese houses
By Jessica Klingelfuss 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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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
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Koichi Futatsumata gives an old business hotel a stylish minimal makeover
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A contemporary tea room and shop opens in Tokyo
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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The Café by Aman — Tokyo, Japan
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Theaster Gates explores the troubling history of a coastal community forced out of home
For his first solo museum show in France, the Chicago-based artist dives into the dark past of the now-uninhabited Malaga Island off the coast of Maine
By Amy Verner Last updated
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Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune designs K5, a new hotel in Tokyo
By Danielle Demetriou Last updated
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teamLab: how a Tokyo art collective pioneered an immersive art boom
With an operatic intervention and a show at Pace Geneva, teamLab, the now-700-strong Tokyo-based collective that blazed a trail for experiential, tech-fuelled art, continues to value ‘physical interaction in physical space’
By Nick Compton Last updated
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Muji opens its largest standalone store topped with its newest hotel in Ginza, Tokyo
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Aman Tokyo — Tokyo, Japan
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Dover Street Market Ginza, Tokyo
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An Instagram hotspot in Tokyo is under threat, so snap it before it’s flattened
Designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa, the iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo has become something of an Instagram pilgrimage for architecture enthusiasts. But as the building fell into a state of disrepair, the Metabolist landmark has long been in danger of demolition and the final decision is to be made by the building’s management society by vote
By Sanae Sato Last updated
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Hoshino Resorts opens Tokyo’s first tower ryokan
By Lauren Ho Last updated