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In this serene Kyoto home, time slows down, and nature is felt at every turn
House in Narutaki has been reinvented by kooo architects, from a traditional Sukiya-style residence into a sensitive, minimalist home
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The new design-led hotels that should be on your radar
Explore the best new openings in the world, from elevated luxury in Tokyo and modern glamour in Hanoi to the return of an icon in San Francisco
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This two-room hotel in Nara is a design lover’s dream
Located in Naramachi, the heart of the Japanese ancient city, Tayura captivates with its boutique comforts and pink-putty colour scheme
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Shigeru Ban gets candid about greenwashing and why there's not enough experimentation in architecture
We caught up with the Pritzker prize-winning architect on the occasion of his RIBA + LKE Ozolins Lecture in London
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Kengo Kuma talks technology and architecture to mark his new monograph, ‘Substance’
The new book from the celebrated Japanese architect features 35 material-led pavilion projects as well as his thoughts on the fusion of design, craft and technology; we interviewed him to find out more
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Japanese symbolism meets London energy at Goldwin’s new Soho store
The Japanese technical-wear brand has expanded with a new London flagship, featuring a symbolic circular concept by New Material Research Laboratory
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A new house by Denizen Works provides far-reaching views across Japan’s Seto Inland Sea
The architects have designed a coastal bolthole and studio space in south-west Japan for clients seeking a return to nature
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The Japanese house offers lessons in living for everyone
A new book, ‘A House in Japan: Lessons in Living’, brings together over 40 contemporary projects that showcase the rich diversity of the country’s housing design
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A guide to Shigeru Ban, the humanitarian architect and paper building pioneer
Shigeru Ban, the Japanese architect who perfected working with paper in architecture, has been prolific, experimenting to striking, sustainable results. Read our ultimate guide to his work
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Discover Aman’s love letter to the Japanese tea house in Kyoto
Aman Kyoto unveils a sukiya-style tea room that is timeless and deeply serene, designed by Sen Art Studio
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The most anticipated hotel openings of 2026
From landmark restorations to remote retreats, these are the hotel debuts shaping the year ahead
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Five travel destinations to have on your radar in 2026
The cultural heavyweights worth building an itinerary around as culture and creativity come together in powerful new ways
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The best way to see Mount Fuji? Book a stay here
At the western foothills of Mount Fuji, Gora Kadan’s second property translates imperial heritage into a deeply immersive, design-led retreat
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The most stylish hotel debuts of 2025
A Wallpaper* edit of this year’s defining hotel openings. Design-led stays to shape your next escape
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Tokyo’s most cinematic stay reopens as an exercise in architectural self-control
Park Hyatt Tokyo and Studio Jouin Manku demonstrate how design can evolve without erasing memory, balancing modernist heritage with contemporary comfort
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The Wallpaper* team’s travel highlights of the year
A year of travel distilled. Discover the destinations that inspired our editors on and off assignment
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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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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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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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Issey Miyake’s HaaT flagship in Kyoto transforms a former sugar store into a pink-hued haven
Renovating a traditional timber building dating back over a century, the Issey Miyake offshoot’s new Kyoto store is a conversation between past and present
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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
