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The ryokan, reinvented: checking in at Hoshinoya Tokyo
Hoshinoya Tokyo rewrites the ryokan for the modern city, a barefoot ascent through layered rituals, tradition and restorative onsen culture
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Curvilinear futurism meets subtropical beaches at Not A Hotel’s ZHA-designed Okinawa retreat
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed the design for the first property in Not A Hotel’s futuristic new Vertex collection, coming soon to southern Japan
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The most whimsical hotel Christmas trees around the world
We round up the best hotel Christmas tree collaborations of the year, from a ‘hotel within a hotel’ in Tokyo to 400 bellboy teddy bears in Paris
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This Fukasawa house is a contemporary take on the traditional wooden architecture of Japan
Designed by MIDW, a house nestled in the south-west Tokyo district features contrasting spaces united by the calming rhythm of structural timber beams
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Take a tour of the 'architectural kingdom' of Japan
Japan's Seto Inland Sea offers some of the finest architecture in the country – we tour its rich selection of contemporary buildings by some of the industry's biggest names
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Check into the parkland oasis where Tokyo slows down
The third in a hat-trick of Trunk spaces in Tokyo, Trunk(Hotel) Yoyogi Park offers a measured take on contemporary Tokyo living
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A Roman holiday, but make it Tokyo. Check into the Bvlgari Hotel
Crowning the top six floors of Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, Bvlgari’s first hotel in Japan is a skyline retreat shaped by two cultures
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The best new hotels to love without reservation
Explore the best new openings in the world, from a ‘Japandi’ spa hotel in Finland to a modernist-inspired bolthole in South Africa
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Free flights across Japan? ANA just made it happen
A new All Nippon Airways scheme in collaboration with the Japan National Tourism Organization aims to ease overtourism in major hubs by boosting regional travel
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Is this Tokyo’s most alluring new hotel?
In the world’s busiest capital, a new benchmark for serenity emerges 35 floors above ground. We checked into the Fairmont Tokyo
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A cinematic members’ club rises in Japan’s forested hills
Joyce Wang Studio unveils The Magarigawa Club Clubhouse in Chiba
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How Ichio Matsuzawa designed the almost-invisible bar defining Art Week Tokyo 2025
During the 2025 edition of AWT, Wallpaper* met the Japanese architect to explore architecture as sensation, not structure
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In Sou Fujimoto’s far-flung Not A Hotel villa, solitude feels almost planetary
An underwater sauna, an infinity pool and a circular courtyard garden are just a few of the highlights at Not A Hotel’s latest outpost, on Japan’s Ishigaki Island
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Check into a new pocket-sized Tokyo hotel
Soil Nihonbashi Hotel brings greenery, warmth and a neighbourhood spirit to a quiet corner near Tokyo Central Station
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The Japanese watch brands you need to know now
Naoya Hida & Co, Kikuchi Nakagawa and Kurono Tokyo are just some of the Japanese watch brands to keep an eye on
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Unleash your socialising superpowers with the Wallpaper* Entertaining Issue, on sale now
Get your sublime supper party started – or hit the town in style – with the December 2025 issue of Wallpaper*, on newsstands now
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In Baku Sakashita’s new lighting collection, hand-dyed silk threads are delicately illuminated
In ‘Haku’, ultra-fine LEDs are woven within plant-dyed threads, showcasing intricacy, artistry and traditional Japanese craftsmanship
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Yuko Mohri’s living installations play on Marcel Duchamp’s surrealism
The artist’s seven new works on show at Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca explore the real and imaginary connections that run through society
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Matsuya Ginza lounge is a glossy haven at Tokyo’s century-old department store
A new VIP lounge inside Tokyo’s Matsuya Ginza department store, designed by I-IN, balances modernity and elegance
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Tour the world’s best libraries in this new book
Author Léa Teuscher takes us on a tour of some of the world's best libraries, from architect-designed temples of culture to local grassroots initiatives
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The Architecture Edit: Wallpaper’s houses of the month
This September, Wallpaper highlighted a striking mix of architecture – from iconic modernist homes newly up for sale to the dramatic transformation of a crumbling Scottish cottage. These are the projects that caught our eye
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Chanel’s le19M lands in Tokyo with an exhibition that marries Parisian savoir-faire and Japanese craft
Wallpaper* gets a tour of ‘La Galerie du 19M Tokyo’, a new exhibition that sees craftspeople from Chanel’s network of artisans, le19M, unite with their counterparts in Japan for an intriguing cross-cultural exchange
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Utopian, modular, futuristic: was Japanese Metabolism architecture's raddest movement?
We take a deep dive into Japanese Metabolism, the pioneering and relatively short-lived 20th-century architecture movement with a worldwide impact; explore our ultimate guide
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Exploring tsu tsu mu: a new exhibition in Tokyo reframes the Japanese way of wrapping anything
‘Tsu-tsu-mu’, on view until 13 October 2025 at Matsuya Ginza, reframes the popular Japanese concept of wrapping into a mindset for caring for others
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You can now buy Toyota’s robotised micro-bus, with more autonomy coming soon
The Toyota e-Palette is the urban transport of the future, a multifunctional autonomous vehicle designed to cover several roles in the same day
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A new Tadao Ando monograph unveils the creative process guiding the architect's practice
New monograph ‘Tadao Ando. Sketches, Drawings, and Architecture’ by Taschen charts decades of creative work by the Japanese modernist master
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Will the revamped Park Hyatt Tokyo keep its cinematic soul?
As Park Hyatt Tokyo prepares to reopen after an extensive transformation, film fans wonder: will it still evoke Sofia Coppola’s dreamscape?
