Art, architecture and travel in 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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Life through a lens: Olympus’ ’Perspective Playground’ at Palais de Tokyo
In the age of smartphones and social media, the impulse to take a photo while visiting a gallery or art exhibition has become all but hardwired. Rarely, though, is the activity of photo taking built into the experience. With 'Perspective Playground' at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Olympus has integrated its superior camera technology into a series of art installations (some newly commissioned).
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Japan’s new bullet train to link Tokyo and Hokkaidō
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Tokyo's cocktail scene is changing
Young, well-traveled bartenders are bringing avant-garde techniques and interesting ingredients to Tokyo’s previously static cocktail scene.
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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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Karakida Community Center by Chiaki Arai in Tokyo
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Naked glory: TNA’s town house is a revealing experiment in transparency
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’Origins in Progress’ by BCXSY at Pantaloon Gallery, Osaka
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Taking shape: Nendo redesigns Kenzo Tange offices and cafe in Tokyo
Nendo has turned interior architecture on its head in Kenzo Tange's Sogetsu Kaikan Tokyo building, where the renowned design studio has reimagined the Aoyama offices and Connel cafe.
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This is Issey: the work of Miyake at Tokyo’s National Art Center
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White light: first look at Galerie Perrotin’s Tokyo outpost, designed by André Fu
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How Tokyo’s creative universe is evolving at Designart’s second edition
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Tokyo Design Week, 2008
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Japanese beef, Tokyo views and jazz at the Park Hyatt’s New York Grill
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Tokyo’s design hotel scene steps up a notch with the arrival of Trunk
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Japanese clothing brand Minotaur launches its first accessories-only concept store in Tokyo
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Views of Tokyo from every angle can be seen at the new Prince Gallery hotel
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Designed by Kengo Kuma, Tokyo’s newest hotel is inspired by an immersive art exhibit
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Tokyo's Nohga Hotel Ueno champions local design
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The Moxy brand has debuted in Tokyo
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Tokyo’s Shibuya gets a new hotel
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Tecchan Yakitori by Kengo Kuma — Tokyo, Japan
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Danish floral artist Nicolai Bergmann launches new jewellery line in OEO Studio-designed space
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Motif Restaurant & Bar — Tokyo, Japan
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Copenhagen's OEO Studio designs Tokyo's Nordic-influenced Inua restaurant
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