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Assemblages Made From Tsunami Wreckage by Fumiaki Aono

March 11, 2019 / Johnny / Comments Off

Eight years ago today, a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the Tohoku region of Japan. The artist Fumiaki Aono was living in Sendai at the time and luckily his own home was sparred but other areas received significant damage.

Dogs More Than Welcome at Japan’s Regina Resorts

March 10, 2019 / Johnny / 2 Comments

even the signage throughout the hotel is catered to our four-legged friends

At the Regina Resorts, a chain of boutique hotels in Japan, you’ll find more than a ‘Dogs Welcome’ policy. You’ll find a resort that has been specifically designed and tailored to accommodate our four-legged friends and their human partners. For example, at the Regina Resort Kyu-Karuizawa, one of the more recent locations, everything from the reception area and the dog run to the signage is put in place to cater to doggos.

Keisuke Aiso’s Ubume Sculpture that was Missappropriated as the Face of the Momo Hoax

March 5, 2019 / Johnny / 3 Comments

If you don’t know about the Momo Hoax that has spread globally and caused a whole bunch of uproar over nothing, you can read about it here. But today we wanted to highlight the real victim of the hoax: Keisuke Aiso, the artist who created a sculpture whose image was subsequently misappropriated as the face of the hoax.

A Sculpture of Waves Installed in a Museum by Art Unit Mé

March 3, 2019 / Johnny / Comments Off

photo by Kioku Keizo courtesy Mori Art Museum

Japanese art unit 目 (pronounced Mé and literally meaning “eye”) is behind a stunning installation at the Mori Art Museum. Titled “Contact,” the installation consists of a single sculpture installed in the confines of a room that mimics the swelling of waves in the sea.

Intersections of Japanese Art on Display at Roppongi Crossing 2019

March 3, 2019 / Johnny / Comments Off

all photos by Kioku Keizo courtesy Mori Art Museum

Held triennially and currently in its 6th iteration, Roppongi Crossing is an exhibition staged by the Mori Art Museum that attempts to comprehensively survey the Japanese contemporary art scene. The theme this year is “Connexion” and, as in the past, the museum has done a fantastic job curating some terrific art that is relevant to the many social and political issues of today.

Noborito Station Receives a Doraemon Makeover

March 1, 2019 / Johnny / Comments Off

Getting to the Fujiko F Fujio Museum in the outskirts of Tokyo just got a lot more fun. The museum, which pays tribute to the creators of Doraemon, is admittedly a bit hard to get to. You first have to access Noborito Station on the Odakyu Line where a shuttle bus takes you to the museum. But now, thanks to a partnership between the museum, Noborito Station has undergone a drastic makeover that rendered everything from their signage and elevators to storage lockers in Doraemon colors and motifs.

World’s Largest Starbucks, Designed by Kengo Kuma, Opens in Nakameguro

March 1, 2019 / Johnny / 1 Comment

Tokyo’s Starbucks Reserve Roastery is now open in Nakameguro

For the past 3 years Starbucks has slowly been rolling out what they’re calling Reserve Roasteries: luxurious shops that offer crafted coffee and differentiated beverages. The Tokyo location is the 5^th of such stores and the largest to-date, boasting 4 differentiated floors of coffee goodness. It’s basically Disneyland, but for coffee.

Honami Enya Creates Detailed Cross-Section Illustrations of Sentos

February 27, 2019 / Johnny / 1 Comment

a cross section illustration of the Kosugiyu sento in Koenji

After obtaining her Master’s Degree in architecture from Waseda University, Honami Enya entered a well-known Japanese architecture firm. But the grueling hours and workload eventually weighed on her physical and mental state, and she fell ill. Enya’s doctor advised her to take some time off, and find a place where she can relax and warm her body. That’s how she discovered Kosugiyu, her local Sento in Koenji.

ZenTokyo: a Teahouse-Inspired Capsule Hotel

February 26, 2019 / Johnny / 1 Comment

Japan’s capsule hotels, aging shelters once relegated to desperate salaryman who had missed their last train, are experiencing somewhat of a renaissance. After the 9h Hotel showed us how design could help breathe new life into what was thought of as outdated, a number of different iterations have cropped up. The latest? A minimal teahouse-inspired capsule hotel.

Shishi-Iwa House: A New Minimalist Boutique Hotel by Shigeru Ban

February 19, 2019 / Johnny / 1 Comment

Shishi-Iwa House is a 10-room boutique resort in Karuizawa that recently opened its doors for business. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and tucked away in a secluded setting, the resort is “a restorative retreat that reinforces the relationship between nature, architecture and human connection.”