Art, architecture and travel in Japan
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Japan - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Japan.
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Block party: a new book explores Tokyo’s unique family homes
By Gordon Knight Last updated
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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
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After shock: New York’s Japan Society presents work on the 3/11 tragedy
By Olivia Martin Last updated
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Pettanco House is a live/work space that showcases fine Japanese carpentry
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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Ahead of the curve: we visit D House, Ron Arad's latest project in Tokyo
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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The outsider's view: W* catches up with Japanese architect Yo Shimada
By Gordon Knight Last updated
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Interactive floorplan: Base Valley House, Japan
By Cathelijne Nuijsink Last updated
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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
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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
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Adam Nathaniel Furman’s colourful vision for a Tokyo apartment
By Ali Morris Last updated
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AB Concept’s hot-spring mountain retreat in Karuizawa, Japan
Ed Ng and Terence Ngan show us around their idyllic Japan retreat
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Hayakawa/Kowalczyk
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Shuhei Goto Architects
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Collecting memories: Shinro Ohtake debuts his first UK solo multimedia show at Parasol Unit
By Nick Compton Last updated
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Shingo Masuda + Katsuhisa Otsubo Architects
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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What lies beneath: a swirling installation in light by TeamLab is pulling us in
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Nobuyoshi Araki explores the beauty of Japanese bondage and flower arranging
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Need-to-know technology news from Salone del Mobile 2018
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Sex, death and toy dinosaurs collide in Nobuyoshi Araki's latest exhibition
By Nick Compton Last updated
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Japan Fashion Week
By Gordon Knight Last updated
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Pablo Coppola on Bally’s 100-year archive exhibition at its new Ginza flagship
By Katrina Israel Last updated
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Minä Perhonen’s Tokyo show explores the emotive power of material
A new solo exhibition by Japanese fashion and textile brand Minä Perhonen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), explores the meaning of craftsmanship and the role of design in society
By Danielle Demetriou Last updated
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Isamu Noguchi and Robert Stadler share a fascinating kinship, despite having never met
By Julie Baumgardner Last updated
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Transforming traditions: a new exhibition in London showcases the mind-blowing skill of four Japanese artists
By Ali Morris Last updated
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The school of things: Simon Lee's Five Decades exhibition addresses Japanese post-modernity
By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated
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The Palais de Tokyo's latest exhibition 'Inside' has us all wrapped up
By Amy Verner Last updated
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This new rug release from Floor Story is causing a cosmic eclipse
Kangan Arora and Floor Story have designed ten otherworldly illusions of form and tone – the ‘Cosmic Check’ and ‘Falling Shadows’ rug collections
By Martha Elliott Last updated