Tokyo
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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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
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Koichi Futatsumata gives an old business hotel a stylish minimal makeover
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A new Tokyo museum designed by Kume Sekkei brings us closer to the art of Yayoi Kusama
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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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One bedroom Trunk(House) offers classic Japanese living with a disco twist in Tokyo
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Issey Miyake installs pleating machine at Homme Plissé Tokyo flagship
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Essential reading: the single book Morioka Shoten bookstore opens in Ginza, Tokyo
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Inside-out house in Tokyo is an experiment in urban design
Tokyo’s Weather House by Not Architects Studio occupies a prominent corner site in a quiet residential street, its explosed structure and planting helping it blend into a nearby urban park
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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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Last chance to see: Reclaim the Earth, urge artists at Paris’ Palais de Tokyo
We discover the group exhibition ‘Reclaim the Earth’, a wake-up call for humans to reconsider our relationship with the planet (until 4 September 2022)
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Plan C lands first international flagship store in Tokyo
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Aman Tokyo — Tokyo, Japan
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Dover Street Market Ginza, Tokyo
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Exhibition in Japan celebrates all things Eames
To mark the 80th anniversary of the Eames design office, Tokyo’s Isetan The Space gallery hosts an exhibition (until 5 January 2022), highlighting some of Charles and Ray Eames’ most celebrated designs as well as new editions and collaborations
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Tsutaya Books by Klein Dytham Architecture in 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
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Bottega Veneta opens expansive futuristic boutique in Tokyo
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20 years on, Hedi Slimane returns to the Palais de Tokyo with Celine
Closing Paris Fashion Week Men’s, Hedi Slimane’s S/S 2023 menswear collection for Celine saw the designer return to the Palais de Tokyo, where he first showed 20 years ago with Dior Homme
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Aman Tokyo’s new patisserie is a culinary destination
The legendary hotel's first standalone patisserie is a culinary theatre where customers can watch the highly skilled chefs at work
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Tokyo James, the Nigerian-British designer whose inspirations cross continents
‘Intersectionality plays a huge role across the board,’ says designer Tokyo James of his eponymous, cross-continental label, which is rooted in cultural exchange
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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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Apollo design Grigio, a minimalist concrete house in Tokyo
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Craft work: Mikkeller’s Tokyo beer bar merges Scandinavian and Japanese tastes
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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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