Matthew Fisher

Known for his otherworldly stone vessels, Matthew Fisher’s practice ranges from unique art objects to editioned productions and celebrates the union between heritage, natural materials and refined craftsmanship.

Casa Nano 2.0 Residency Tokyo

Casa Nano replaces the art residency’s original Japanese location in favour of a cedar and concrete home redesigned with Studio Wasabi Architecture.

Studio Visit with Savannah Bay Gallery

We visit the Paris Showroom of Savannah Bay Gallery with co-founders Lena Jaroschek and Quentin Daly.

Home Visit with Kyoichi Tsuzuki

We visit the cult-editor Kyoichi Tsuzuki at his Tokyo apartment and self-initiated 'Museum of Roadside Art.'

Guide to Tokyo

From Metabolism Architecture Movement relics to Frank Lloyd Wright Elementary Schools, Religious Cult Headquarters, Edo-Period teachings, hidden masterpieces of an Aquascape Sensei and contemporary dwellings by Architecture Legends – the first part of this guide covers everything we have to share for the modern Architecture Hunter in Tokyo.

Reversible Destiny Lofts

The Reversible Destiny Lofts is a residential apartment building by Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins, built in 2005, designed to stimulate the body through all senses.

Koganeyu Sento

Koganeyu Sento, a Public Bathhouse designed by Japanese Architect Jo Nagasaka hosts several hot pools, a bar and an overnight hotel for those too tired to go home after bathing.

Edo-Tokyo Museum

Designed by Kiyonori Kikutake, the Edo-Tokyo Museum building is 62.2, and the concrete exterior is designed based on a traditional rice storehouse (Takayuki-Shiki style) and is the same height as the Edo Castle.

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

This museum designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa in Kanazawa, Japan features immersive installations from the likes of James Turrell and is amongst the top ten most visited Contemporary Art Museums in the world.

The Musuem of Roadside Art

Cult Editor and Photographer Kyoichi Tsuzuki travelled the countryside of Japan collecting relics of closing Sex Museums, art made by everyday moms, and roadside travelling shows to create this eclectic museum, which also houses a bar and karaoke room.

Kiyoharu Art Colony

With architecture by renowned architects such as Gustave Eiffel, Yoshio Taniguchi, Tadao Ando and Terunobu Fujimori – the Kiyoharu Art Colony is an outdoor architecture park built for artists to create and interact with the changing seasons.

Maison Hermès by Renzo Piano

The Ginza Tokyo flagship store and corporate headquarters of Hermès was built by Renzo Piano in collaboration with Takenaka Corporation between 1998 and 2001.

Hoshi Onsen Chōjukan

This preserved historic 140-year-old Ryokan from the Meiji Era is home to a secluded hot spring, which welcomed famed creative intellectuals and Japanese royalty over the decades and offers the rare opportunity for mixed-gender baths.

House Na by Sou Fujimoto

House NA by Sou Fujimoto in the Tokyo area of Nakano could be distinguished as a three-story single-family home that is similar in form to a stacked pile of glass boxes of different sizes.

D.T. Suzuki Museum

Architect Yoshio Taniguchi constructs a museum dedicated to the work and life of D.T. Suzuki, a Buddhist philosopher born in Kanazawa.

Earthtecture Sub-1 by Shin Takamatsu

An office building by Shin Takamatsu built in 1991, having four stories underground, was the solution to the highly constrictive legal regulations of the site. The design of the above-ground structures resembles the composition of Japanese rock gardens while taking the natural light into the underground well.

Spiral Building by Fumihiko Maki

Spiral is a multi-use building by architect Fumihiko Maki, part of the Metabolism Architecture Movement, built in Aoyama, Tokyo in 1985.

Japan Lutheran Theological Seminary by Togo Murano

In the late ’60s, Togo Murano was asked to re-design the earlier wooden facilities of the Japan Lutheran Theological seminary.

Yoshijima Heritage house

Century-old Kominka mansion and former sake brewery with traditional architecture from the Meiji era

Asakura Museum of Sculpture

Before it was a museum, the Asakura Museum of Sculpture in Taito City, Tokyo was the home and studio of sculptor Fumio Asakura.

Aoyama Technical College Building by Makato Sei Watanabe

"The Power of Architecture Restored" is the philosophy imbued in Japanese architect Makato Sei Watanabe's 1990 Aoyama Technical College Building

Studio Visit with SKWAT

We visit the former Tokyo Headquarters for creative collective SKWAT, who use the concept of squatting to create community-building creative initiatives using Japan's abandoned buildings

James Turrell's House of Light

In the heart of Niigata, 2.7m above ground to cope with heavy winter snowfalls we find a meditation house designed by James Turrell, where guests can spend the night within this immersive installation

The Ken Domon Museum of Photography

The first and only photography museum in the world dedicated to an individual person, prolific photojournalist Ken Domon who redefined Realism in post-war Japan, designed by architect Yoshio Taniguchi

Guide to North Western Japan

From the seaside city of Kanazawa to the Meiji-era downtown of Takayama to the Gasshô-zukuri architecture behind the thatched roofed village of Shirakawa-go to historic onsens and James Turrell sleepovers. We travel across snow-drenched mountains to visit an almost mythological old-world Japan. 

Shirakawa-gō

UNESCO's World Heritage Site Shirakawa-gō is comprised of a cluster of villages, a living architecture park showcasing traditional buildings and the local craft that goes into the steep Gasshô-Zukuri thatched roofs

Studio Visit with Hyun-Hee Kim

We do a studio visit in Seoul, South Korea, with designer Hyun-Hee Kim, who borrows the form of traditional Korean furniture to record daily life in the modern era.

Studio Visit with Taewon Ahn

We do a studio visit in Seoul, South Korea, with painter Taewon Ahn

Koshino House

The Koshino House, by Tadao Ando for the designer Koshin, is a veritable maze of lights and shadows and now hosts a contemporary art gallery, KH Gallery.

Yodokō Geihinkan

The Yodokō Guest House is a private home turned museum built in 1924 by Frank Lloyd Wright for prominent sake brewer Tazaemon Yamamura. The building features carved geometric patterns and comprises one- and two-story sections overlapping each other like a staircase along the hill’s incline.