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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The Millennials is a modern, updated version of Japan’s famed capsule hotel concept
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Tsumamigui — Tokyo, Japan
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Architect Jun Aoki designs fabric-like façade for Loro Piana's new Tokyo flagship
The storied Italian brand makes a subtle architectural statement with its new Tokyo outpost
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Koichi Futatsumata gives an old business hotel a stylish minimal makeover
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Kimono specialist Hosoo opens minimalist Kyoto flagship
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A new Tokyo museum designed by Kume Sekkei brings us closer to the art of Yayoi Kusama
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The Marriott group launches diffusion brand Moxy in Osaka
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Renowned architects design sculptural beauty packaging
Architects Kengo Kuma, Oskar Leo Kaufmann, and Tokujin Yoshioka are designing a new landscape in the world of beauty packaging
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Project Japan: Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist
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A contemporary tea room and shop opens in Tokyo
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Kengo Kuma on the cultural perspectives of Japanese furniture
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Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura faces off with Old Masters in New York
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Worthy winner: Jun'ya Ishigami scoops top international architecture award
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Found Muji
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The Café by Aman — Tokyo, Japan
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A new collection of furniture combines Italian and Japanese craftsmanship
Italian furniture company De Padova and Japanese brand Time & Style join forces on a collection of furniture that marries the two countries' aesthetics and craftsmanship traditions
By Alice Morby Last updated
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One bedroom Trunk(House) offers classic Japanese living with a disco twist in Tokyo
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Case Real transforms a disappearing tenement house into an Aesop store in Japan
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Nendo’s minimalist homeware hacks connect human and object at Salone del Mobile
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An original teahouse in Kyoto has been transformed into the 23-bedroom Sowaka
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Aman, Kyoto wins Wallpaper* Design Award for Best New Hotel
Aman in Kyoto, Japan has scooped our coveted Wallpaper* Design Awards 2020 for the Best New Hotel, as selected by our discerning jury
By Melina Keays Last updated
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André Fu’s new furniture is inspired by Japanese gardens
André Fu Living’s Art Deco Garden is a collection of furniture, objects, wallcoverings and homeware inspired by Zen gardens and Art Deco
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Kennel club: Japan’s Kenya Hara launches Architecture for Dogs
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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
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Tristan du Plessis blends Japanese and South African design influences at Cape Town's FYN
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‘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
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Muji is bringing its masterfully minimalist aesthetic to hotels
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