Janu Tokyo marks Aman Group’s first step into a more connected, urban hospitality experience, blending local influences with a global spirit, all designed by longtime Aman collaborator Jean-Michel Gathy’s Denniston

VS redefines the term ‘raw bar’, delivering delicate bowls of soba downstairs and an outpost of natural wine bar and retailer Virtus upstairs in delightfully unpolished concrete confines

With architecture by Kengo Kuma, Kyoto’s newest luxury hotel delivers the studio’s signature use of wood alongside traditional Japanese interiors and a nod to the site’s origins as a ryokan

Korean fashion brand Eunoia’s new outlet in Kobe was designed by Kooo Architects as a textural space that pays homage to the brand’s muted palette. Co-founder Shinya Kojima tells us more

Six Senses has joined the world’s biggest hospitality groups in hotel hotspot Kyoto with its second urban offering. Realised by Blink Design Group, the group’s first Japan opening focuses on the brand’s key pillars of wellness, sustainability and a strong connection to local cultural heritage

New Japanese brand Centre makes its debut with an elegant foldable table that speaks to the founders’ philosophies of connection, freedom and flexibility

We spend a day with legendary product designer Naoto Fukasawa in his Tokyo home and studio space

In our regular column The Flâneur, Design Anthology co-editor-in-chief and Tokyo resident Jeremy Smart considers how a series of architect-designed public bathrooms that attracted global attention have become characters in the city’s daily life.

The New Blue Bottle Coffee venue in Nagoya was realised in local materials by Keiji Ashizawa Design, and aimed at a diverse crowd. Founder Keiji Ashizawa takes us behind the scenes

Osaka Art & Design returns for a second year, bringing together culture, craft and commerce under the theme of ‘resonance’

Taiwanese tea purveyor Pouyuenji has opened its first physical location in Kyoto, under the creative guidance of illustrious designer Tony Chi

A new Ritz-Carlton has landed in Japan’s sixth largest city, bringing globally minded hospitality, sharp interiors and a strong sense of place to a metropolis on the rise

Japanese home interiors icon IDÉE introduces the newest campaign in its New Direction series, a celebration of life, creativity, nature and the juxtaposition of nostalgia and modernity

The EDITION brand’s second Tokyo property opens in the heart of high-end retail hub Ginza, delivering a standout offering to a neighbourhood short on luxury hotels

With a history dating back to 1940, leading Japanese brand Karimoku Furniture has honed its craft through decades of producing timeless wood pieces imprinted with nature, layered with stories and designed to last for generations

A new collection of oak items from Japanese brand Karimoku Furniture delivers solid, lasting pieces for the often-overlooked parts of a home

In a central residential suburb of Tokyo, architecture firm New Material Research Laboratory has designed a family home surrounding a central garden courtyard

The cult brand’s new hotel was designed by Keiji Ashizawa Design and Norm Architects, and overlooks the green swath of Yoyogi Park

In Saitama, Tokyo-based Unemori Architects designed this family home by reworking existing structures built by one generation to become a new dwelling for the next. Here studio founder Hiroyuki Unemori shares more

Tsukiko, a table lamp designed by Brisbane-based design studio Alexander Lotersztain in collaboration with Kyoto lantern makers Kojima Shōten, strikes a delicate balance between new and traditional