Art, architecture and travel in Japan

Kennel club: Japan’s Kenya Hara launches Architecture for Dogs

By Naomi Pollock Last updated 10 October 22

Theaster Gates explores the troubling history of a coastal community forced out of home

For his first solo museum show in France, the Chicago-based artist dives into the dark past of the now-uninhabited Malaga Island off the coast of Maine

By Amy Verner Last updated 10 October 22

Tristan du Plessis blends Japanese and South African design influences at Cape Town's FYN

By Paul Sephton Last updated 10 October 22

‘Any oyster can make a pearl – only beautiful ones can be jewels’

We delve into the Nagasaki waters with Tasaki’s pearl harvesters in pursuit of a perfectly lustrous cultivated crop

By Caragh McKay Last updated 9 October 22

Muji is bringing its masterfully minimalist aesthetic to hotels

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 9 October 22

Inside-out house in Tokyo is an experiment in urban design

Tokyo’s Weather House by Not Architects Studio occupies a prominent corner site in a quiet residential street, its explosed structure and planting helping it blend into a nearby urban park

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 9 October 22

teamLab: how a Tokyo art collective pioneered an immersive art boom

With an operatic intervention and a show at Pace Geneva, teamLab, the now-700-strong Tokyo-based collective that blazed a trail for experiential, tech-fuelled art, continues to value ‘physical interaction in physical space’

By Nick Compton Last updated 9 October 22

Muji opens its largest standalone store topped with its newest hotel in Ginza, Tokyo

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 9 October 22

Botanical sculptor Azuma Makoto creates a sculptural ecosystem at Mexico’s SFER IK

Japanese artist Azuma Makoto’s largest flower sculpture to date responds to SFER IK’s unique biophilic design and the surrounding wilderness

By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated 9 October 22

Chiharu Shiota weaves past, present and future at an 18th-century Yorkshire chapel

By Elly Parsons Last updated 9 October 22

At Kyotographie, photographers are looking onwards and upwards

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 9 October 22

Hat trick: the magic of Japanese milliner Kijima Takayuki

By Morgane Nyfeler Last updated 9 October 22

Luxe glamping with Mount Fuji views with the launch of the new Hoshinoya property

By Emilee Tombs Last updated 9 October 22

Secrets of Japanese cookery revealed in Phaidon’s latest graphic tome

By Elly Parsons Last updated 9 October 22

In the fold: Issey Miyake, Ikko Tanaka, and the art of fashion

By Edward Siddons Last updated 8 October 22

Book: How to Make a Japanese House

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 8 October 22

Aman Tokyo — Tokyo, Japan

By Catherine Shaw Last updated 7 October 22

Setouchi Aonagi is architect Tadao Ando’s new seven-room retreat

By Jens H Jensen Last updated 7 October 22

Dover Street Market Ginza, Tokyo

By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated 7 October 22

Kai Sengokuhara is a ryokan with a focus on art

By Danielle Demetriou Last updated 7 October 22

Japan as seen through the lens of Marcio Kogan

Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan recalls his Christmas tradition of traveling to Japan and how that inspired a new collection of seating for Minotti, referencing the original 1960s design of hotel Okura by Yoshiro Taniguchi

By Scott Mitchem Last updated 7 October 22

Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara opens at Vitra Campus

The Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara is installed at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein

By Ali Morris Last updated 7 October 22

Kyoto’s first Blue Bottle Coffee shop is an architectural zen retreat

By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated 7 October 22

Tate creates Yayoi Kusama-inspired menu

Celebrate Tate Modern's Yayoi Kusama exhibit (17 May 2021-12 June 2022) with these Japanese dishes inspired by the artist's work

By Mary Cleary Last updated 7 October 22