Designed by Klein Dytham architecture (KDa), Tokyo’s toggle hotel suidobashi is a colour lover’s dream amid a quintessentially Tokyo cityscape

The first property of the new brand co-founded by Adrian Zecha, Azumi Setoda is a contemporary ryokan on the small island of Ikuchijima in the Seto Inland Sea, designed by Kyoto architect Shiro Miura in a restored historic compound

Making its home in Maebashi’s former Shiroiya Ryokan, SHIROIYA HOTEL has recently opened following an extensive renovation overseen by architect Sou Fujimoto, who designed the art- and design-focused hotel to become ‘the city’s living room’

The newly opened Tokyo EDITION, Toranomon — the brand’s first Japan outpost — has all the trappings for which founder Ian Schrager has come to be known, combined with the minimal and contemplative touches of renowned architect Kengo Kuma

A rich palette of organic textures and colours characterises porcelain brand 1616 / arita japan’s new flagship store, designed by Teruhiro Yanagihara to reflect the brand’s fusion of precise craft and beautiful natural materials

Stable COVID-19 rates and a scattered format convinced the Designart organisers to go ahead with this year’s event, placing Tokyo in the creative spotlight. Dozens of exhibitions and product launches (many originally scheduled for Milan) took place across 70 sites — here we round up some of the highlights

Housed in a series of brick warehouses renovated by architect Tsuyoshi Tane, Hirosaki’s new Museum of Contemporary Art sensitively pays tribute to its location and history as an apple cider factory

In designing Ace’s first hotel in Asia, Commune Design and architect Kengo Kuma collaborated to create an exchange between arts and crafts from the East and West

Due to reopen soon following a major renovation, the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art balances a raft of contemporary touches with its rich traditional heritage

Poetic, experimental, surreal, nature-inspired. Any of these words could be used to describe the work of Japanese architect Junya Ishigami. We profiled Ishigami in 2019 when he was announced as the winner of the prestigious Serpentine Pavilion commission

Japanese collective teamLab has taken digital art to a new level in a dedicated space in Tokyo

An unglazed stoneware vase with flower bud lines; a paper-thin sake pitcher with a matte silver patina; a light maple spoon for scooping tea leaves. These are among an assortment of Japanese treasures handcrafted by contemporary artisans and lovingly curated by the eagle-eyed couple behind Analogue Life, a design shop and gallery in Nagoya

A palette of cool greys backgrounds an impressive art collection at node, a 25-room hotel designed as a comfortable residential experience

It’s not often that ‘Iceland’ and ‘Osaka’ appear in the same sentence, unless you happen to be visiting this novel new venture in the Japanese city

The new design-focused hotel brand’s third establishment has a ‘vintage modern’ style that befits its Ginza location

ONSEN RYOKAN YUEN SHINJUKU embodies the essence of traditional ryokans adapted for modern travellers

Forget conventional shopping malls: a series of boxes – with glass facades, sunlit interiors and leafy roof terraces – takes centre stage at Kashiyama Daikanyama

We offer an overview of Setouchi Triennale’s fourth edition and speak with artist Yasuaki Igarashi whose work resonates with the festival’s theme, Restoration of the Sea

A heaven for lovers of the brand’s minimalist contemporary design, this expansive development also includes two design galleries, a multi-storey global flagship store, bar and restaurant

Just last Friday, following a three-year hiatus, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo reopened, sporting a minimalist update by Jo Nagasaka of Schemata Architects

A collection of bijou hotels bolster the city’s status as a design destination

Japan House London opens in the heart of the British Capital, a mecca of Japanese culture, design and aesthetic refinement

Kyoto's first stand-alone Issey Miyake opens in a traditional 132-year-old machiya

A group of international designers explore new directions for Tokyo's iconic JR Yamanote line