On a recent visit to New York I stopped at a Japanese bookstore in Manhattan. Among the English-language books about Japan, I encountered a section of a shelf marked “WABI-SABI” and stocked with ...

What’s so special about a country that even during 2008, at the height of the global economic crisis, attracted over 8 million tourists (and is projected to bring in about the same number this year)?

Japan is set to captivate travellers in 2026 with a series of new hotel openings and cultural events across the country.

Installation view of Boro Textiles: Sustainable Aesthetics; items from right to left: Bodoko (mat), late Edo to early Showa period, (1800-1950s), hemp and cotton; Kotatsu blanket, late Edo to early ...

Designers are rebelling against the notion of pristine objects. This year at Milan’s Furniture Fair, that trend is on full display. But it’s actually an ancient idea. For hundreds of years, Japan’s ...

The condominium building rising in its place, however, looks toward Japan for inspiration. Ryoko Okada, a principal and director of interior architecture and design at ODA New York, said she tapped ...

Japanese-style gardens first caught the public imagination in the U.S. at an 1893 world exposition in Chicago, became a sought-after feature in Gilded Age estates and were later adapted to open-plan ...