Art, architecture and travel in Japan

Tiger teams up with Misaki Kawai for a quirky collaboration

By Sam Clark Last updated 1 November 22

... Research, Japanese clothing brand

By Paul Davies Last updated 31 October 22

Limited edition Japanese tableware

By Rosa Bertoli Last updated 31 October 22

World View: Letter from Japan

The World View series shines light on the creativity and resilience of designers around the world as they confront the challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with contributors around the world, we reach out to creative talents to ponder the power of design in difficult times and share messages of hope. In and around Tokyo, a city that has so far avoided the worst of the pandemic, design studios Rhizomatiks, Gen Suzuki, Akira Minagawa and Drill Design find that having to stay in comes with its own challenges, but unexpected upsides too, reports our Japan editor Jens H Jensen

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 31 October 22

Noiz Architects take on tatami, weaving a new path for the Japanese craft

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 31 October 22

Super setting: Nobu Matsuhisa and Arita Plus create new tableware collection

By Emma O'Kelly Last updated 31 October 22

Kosho Ito and Kibisi’s smart hybrid embraces traditional Japanese craft

By Sujata Burman Last updated 31 October 22

What remains: a hardware store in Osaka lays bare the bolts of Japan’s history

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 28 October 22

Magic mats: José Lévy transforms Japanese tatami for Daiken at Maison et Objet

By Sujata Burman Last updated 28 October 22

Clay collective: Arita House opens in Amsterdam, displaying perfect porcelain

By Yoko Choy Last updated 28 October 22

MoMA shines light on structural design in experimental Japanese architecture

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 28 October 22

David Lynch looms large in Kyoto heritage weaver Hosoo’s new tapestry

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 28 October 22

Border crossings: a new show pairs the work of Hanne Darboven and Kishio Suga

By Tamara Moscowitz Last updated 28 October 22

Schemata design a cake shop for a food photography studio in Tokyo

By Ali Morris Last updated 28 October 22

Tokyo Tardis: Apollo Architects slot office into a family home

By Ali Morris Last updated 28 October 22

Paris’ Palais de Tokyo reopens

By Amy Verner Last updated 28 October 22

Apollo Architects & Associates make waves with seaside residence

By Lucy Peart Last updated 28 October 22

Beauty and the book: Nendo designs concept store for Japanese cosmetics company Nature's Way

By Clara Krzentowski Last updated 28 October 22

Inujima Art Project, Japan

By Naomi Pollock Last updated 28 October 22

Kengo Kuma’s hen house in Mexico rules the roost

The latest architectural addition to the Casa Wabi Foundation is a chicken coop like no other

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 28 October 22

Nendo conceives Japanese brand Beige's new space

By Ali Morris Last updated 27 October 22

Dominique Lévy's new show explores the powerful parallels between two Japanese artists separated by a generation

By Stephanie Murg Last updated 27 October 22

Raf Simons’ Esprit Dior Tokyo 2015 collection touches down in Japan

By Katrina Israel Last updated 27 October 22

New beginnings: Yoshio Taniguchi to redesign his father’s Tokyo Okura Hotel

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 27 October 22