A concrete dwelling, designed by the late Japanese architect Yasuhisa Ota and now home to a photographer and a designer, is almost entirely hidden by nature

This year’s DesignArt Tokyo transformed the city into a vibrant stage for design, art and technology, showcasing talent that blended high-tech experimentation with heritage craft, memory and material reinvention

Following a 19-month closure, Park Hyatt Tokyo reopens with a sensitive refresh by French studio Jouin Manku. The iconic hotel, which starred in Sofia Coppola’s 1997 film Lost in Translation, has been redesigned for the modern guest while preserving the original 1994 vision of Kenzō Tange and John Morford

In Tokyo’s Nihonbashi, developer Staple reimagines urban hospitality with Soil — a sensitively designed hotel by Kiyoaki Takeda that grows naturally from its neighbourhood loam

Samaa, a new cafe designed by Studio Dig, brings coffee, bagels and natural wine to a Tokyo neighbourhood of ancient teahouses, giving a 70-year-old building a new lease on life

Eyewear and luxury goods studio Jacques Marie Mage has opened a three-storey gallery in Tokyo’s Omotesando, designed by Shinichiro Ogato of Simplicity to pay homage to traditional Japanese craft and culture

A new exhibition, presented by Chanel and creative hub le19M, is now open in Tokyo, unravelling a timeless dialogue between Japanese and French craft

The Copenhagen-based studio has launched a sensorial retail space inside Shibuya Parco, dedicated to personal care and fragrance products

In the heart of Ginza, I In’s lounge for luxury retailer Matsuya and credit card company JCB realises the studio’s vision of contemporary Japanese luxury

Cult favourite Issey Miyake presents a new multisensory exhibition, Savor Water, Embracing Water, across its Tokyo and Kyoto galleries. Sensory and abstract, the exhibition is designed by Teruhiro Yanagihara and explores how water connects food, clothing, shelter and more

Reviving the spirit of its 1966 predecessor, the newly opened Ginza Sony Park redefines the public park as a fluid, multi-level space for art, culture and community in the heart of Tokyo’s Ginza district

Designart Tokyo put on an intriguing show for its eighth edition, with a combination of vintage and contemporary designs that both answered and raised questions about our relationship with the material environment

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

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.

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

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