Art, architecture and travel in Japan

Heatherwick Studio unveils undulating mixed-use Tokyo scheme design

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 26 October 22

Koyasan Guest House — Koyasan, Japan

By David Paw Last updated 26 October 22

Berlin gallerist Johann König heads east with Tokyo outpost

The Ginza gallery opens with an exhibition by photographer Juergen Teller exploring homesickness, German identity and his position as a European immigrant to the UK amid Brexit uncertainty

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 26 October 22

Junya Ishigami claims inaugural Obel Award for architecture

Junya Ishigami+Associates has been presented architecture's latest prize, the 2019 Obel Award, for its Art Biotop Water Garden in a ceremony at the Utzon Center in Aalborg, Denmark

By Jason Sayer Last updated 26 October 22

Hanare House by Schemata Architects, Isumi

By Cathelijne Nuijsink Last updated 25 October 22

Architecture update: Letter from Japan

By Cathelijne Nuijsink Last updated 25 October 22

Gabriel Orozco’s creative explorations in Japan take centre stage at London’s Marian Goodman Gallery

By Ali Morris Last updated 25 October 22

Japan’s Book and Bed concept hotel is a bibliophile's dream

By Danielle Demetriou Last updated 25 October 22

Post-apocolyptic art: Daniel Arsham foresees life in 2044

By Elly Parsons Last updated 25 October 22

Bottega Veneta stages a Japanese-themed pop-up store in Milan

By Daven Wu Last updated 25 October 22

La vie magnifique: a trio of artists celebrate the banal at Palais de Tokyo

Ugo Rondinone, Ragnar Kjartansson and Mélanie Matranga take over Paris' Palais de Tokyo with a trio of shows that celebrate the beauty of the everyday

By Ali Morris Last updated 21 October 22

Carsten Höller curates JapanCongo in Grenoble

By Malaika Byng Last updated 21 October 22

Cultural connection: Mono Japan celebrates Eastern craft in Amsterdam

By Sujata Burman Last updated 21 October 22

Ambiente 2014: the Frankfurt design fair casts a spotlight on Japan amid its new launches

By Rosa Bertoli Last updated 21 October 22

Seeing red: a new monograph gets under the skin of installation artist Chiharu Shiota

By Charlotte Jansen Last updated 21 October 22

The wabi-sabi of Erika Nakagawa's ‘breakthrough project’ in Japan

Setting up her office in Toyko in 2014, Erika Nakagawa describes Momoyama House as her ‘breakthrough project’. The weekend retreat in the Shizuoka Prefecture features an unusually high, undulating concrete roof raised on concrete pillars that creates a flowing interior, which opens entirely towards the surrounding nature. Nakagawa has also been invited to exhibit work at the respected Toto Gallery Ma space for architecture in 2021, whose selection committee includes Tadao Ando. 

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 21 October 22

After shock: New York’s Japan Society presents work on the 3/11 tragedy

By Olivia Martin Last updated 21 October 22

Pettanco House is a live/work space that showcases fine Japanese carpentry

By Sara Sturges Last updated 21 October 22

Ahead of the curve: we visit D House, Ron Arad's latest project in Tokyo

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22

The outsider's view: W* catches up with Japanese architect Yo Shimada

By Gordon Knight Last updated 20 October 22

Interactive floorplan: Base Valley House, Japan

By Cathelijne Nuijsink Last updated 20 October 22

A timber house in a Japanese forest brings a couple closer to their family

A couple's new home in a forest in Okayama, next door to their family, has been designed by Osaka based architect Tsubasa Iwahashi with equal parts of togetherness and independence

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 20 October 22

Hiroshi Sambuichi reveals Cisternerne extension in Denmark

Japanese architect Hiroshi Sambuichi and Cisternerne director Astrid la Cour reveal plans for a new exhibition space in Denmark 

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 20 October 22

Katagiri Architecture and Design

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 20 October 22