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Meet the Makers of Noma Kyoto’s Furniture
Japanese furniture firm Time & Style has created a new collection for Noma Kyoto that also retails. Designers OEO Studio tell us more
Inside Banyan Tree’s First Japan Hotel, Perched atop Kyoto’s Higashiyama Neighbourhood
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
Inside Kyoto’s New Six Senses
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
Pouyuenji Opens First Store in Kyoto Guided by Tony Chi
Taiwanese tea purveyor Pouyuenji has opened its first physical location in Kyoto, under the creative guidance of illustrious designer Tony Chi
Contemporary and Traditional Craft Come Together in This Lamp by Alexander Lotersztain and Kojima Shōten
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
ISSEY MIYAKE Launches A-POC ABLE
The ISSEY MIYAKE brand A-POC has been a byword for boundary-pushing innovation for over 20 years — now the creative dialogue is set to deepen with this year’s launch of its latest brand: A-POC ABLE
The Reign Hotel Brings Something New to Kyoto
With the recently opened Reign Hotel Kyoto, product and interior designer Teruhiro Yanagihara Studio set out to create a new type of Kyoto hotel, a contemporary take on the ancient capital that fuses Japanese craft with a minimalist touch of Scandinavia
Hotel The Mitsui Opens in Kyoto
With interiors by acclaimed Hong Kong designer André Fu, Hotel the Mitsui is a contemporary interpretation of Kyoto’s history and heritage
Ace Hotel Opens in Kyoto
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
A Look Inside the Updated Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
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
The 2020 Wanderlust List
We’re dreaming of the new and upcoming designer hotels in wanderlust-inducing destinations to keep us inspired
This Kyoto Hotel is More Like an Art Collector’s Home
A palette of cool greys backgrounds an impressive art collection at node, a 25-room hotel designed as a comfortable residential experience
MOGANA: A True Sense of Japan
Minimalist and peaceful, this new hotel in Kyoto offers an experience based on beauty and balance, where references to the past meet new technology
Kyoto Calling
A collection of bijou hotels bolster the city’s status as a design destination
Issey Miyake Kyoto
Kyoto's first stand-alone Issey Miyake opens in a traditional 132-year-old machiya