Japan is an island nation rich in timber, from cypress (Hinoki) to cedar (Sugi) to larch (Karamatsu). Its renowned woodworking heritage dates back centuries, taking…
Overview of the Tatami room at Villa Nagiso Renovation by OTAA.llc. Image © Takashi Uemura When examining photos of Japanese houses, one frequently notices a…
It has been nearly a century since an international exposition opened at a moment as fraught as today. Like the 1939 World’s Fair in New…
The sublime Anabuki Arena Kagawa (aka Kagawa Prefectural Arena) is a sports facility like no other. Resembling a cluster of islands off in the distance,…
KSA Pavilion, Expo 2025 Osaka – The pavilion’s massing recalls the organic shapes of traditional Saudi villages. Image © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners…
© Expo Osaka 2025 Opening on April 13th, 2025, Expo 2025 Osaka gathers countries and organizations from around the world under the theme “Designing Future…
TOKYO — At the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, a standing-room-only crowd watches the unfolding of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Shiro Takatani’s “TIME TIME” (2024). The shadow…
In Japanese philosophy, the concept of Ma emphasizes the relationships between time and space and how moments, intervals, and distance provide the basis for how…
✕ Yoshio Taniguchi died on December 16. The cause, according to a statement by his Tokyo-based firm, Taniguchi and Associates, was pneumonia. He was 87….
Rice harvests produce straw, a natural byproduct of the dried grain. Traditionally, the material could be used for a wide variety of objects from tatami…