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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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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Colour injection: Daido Moriyama leaves monochrome behind for new Paris show
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La vie magnifique: a trio of artists celebrate the banal at Palais de Tokyo
Ugo Rondinone, Ragnar Kjartansson and Mélanie Matranga take over Paris' Palais de Tokyo with a trio of shows that celebrate the beauty of the everyday
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Adam Nathaniel Furman’s colourful vision for a Tokyo apartment
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The Palais de Tokyo's latest exhibition 'Inside' has us all wrapped up
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Charting the unique make-up of Japanese architecture
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The space of change: charting the peculiarity of Japanese houses
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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
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The Millennials is a modern, updated version of Japan’s famed capsule hotel concept
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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
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Found Muji
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The Café by Aman — Tokyo, Japan
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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
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Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune designs K5, a new hotel in Tokyo
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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’
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Muji opens its largest standalone store topped with its newest hotel in Ginza, Tokyo
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Aman Tokyo — Tokyo, Japan
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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
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Scandinavian design meets Japanese heritage in OEO Studio’s Tokyo apartment
OEO Studio has collaborated with Japanese property developer ReBita on a luxury new apartment at Tokyo’s Opus Arisugawa Terrace & Residence
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Snøhetta designs experimental culinary space in Tokyo
Snøhetta co-founder Craig Dykers discusses the architecture of Burnside – a Tokyo event space for art and design outfit En One and the Bronx chef collective Ghetto Gastro
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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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Tune in Tokyo: Diesel celebrates 30 years in Japan
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Tour Tokyo's development ahead of the 2020 Olympics with Atelier Bow-Wow
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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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Naked glory: TNA’s town house is a revealing experiment in transparency
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