Tennozu-Shinagawa, the new Tokyo district for art and design
August 23, 2016
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William
Earlier this year we reported on the opening of Archi-Depot, Japan's first architecture models museum. The company behind the museum, Warehouse Terrada, is actually pioneering a whole new art ...
This is a trend that continues to grow and surprise us: large-scale ads and billboards, especially in train stations, with a "physical" or interactive gimmick. From "huggable" columns to others that ...
At the risk of become a news site exclusively about teamLab, another major development in the space of a week merits a new story about the interdisciplinary technology and design group.
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Meguro Gajoen is once again open to the public with a special series of traditionally inspired, light-themed installations.
The hotel complex, built originally in the 1930s as a wedding ceremony ...
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The creative agency Naked has produced an interactive event ideal for the summer, Flowers by Naked: Paradiso, now running at Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi until August 31st.
A previous version of the ...
The creative unit teamLab is already making a big splash this summer with its incredible digital flowers installation in Odaiba.
If that's not enough for you, you could also catch teamLab's ...
One of the biggest stories of 2015 was the opening of the "robot hotel", Henn na Hotel, in Sasebo, where guests are served by artificial staff.
The "Strange Hotel", as its name literally means, ...
Pocchari (larger size) culture just got another stamp of mainstream approval.
While Japan is readily associated with slim and willowy female fashion, beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. As such, ...
With the release last Friday of the first Japanese-produced Godzilla film since 2004, Godzilla is currently everywhere and anywhere.
From a slew of new tie-in products to whisky products and ...
The Japanese are, it is often observed, crazy about bathing. This might take the form of a hot spring or public bathhouse, or even a mud bath.
In what is being described as a possibly world-first ...
The top 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games sponsors have joined together to support the Japan team heading to Rio with a special branded Yamanote Line train.
Sponsored by 15 companies, the ...
The Nintendo game character Kirby now has its own pop-up cafe and official store.
Kirby Café and store opens August to September in Osaka, with a concurrent store opening in Nagoya's Parco ...
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A Where's Wally? Wally Run will take place in October, bringing together thousands of Wally (aka Waldo) cosplayers.
Applications are currently being accepted for the two "runs" in Osaka on October ...
This summer, Tokyo is going mad for ninja (again).
“The Ninja: Who Were They?” is an exhibition at Miraikan, a science museum in Tokyo, until October 10th.
While ninjas might seem a better ...
Mercedes-Benz has opened a virtual showroom in central Tokyo. Potential car-buyers visiting the new space inside Daikanyama's T-Site, an upmarket bookstore by Tsutaya, do not get to experience the ...