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Nestled within the foot of the Nasu Mountains, slightly North of Tokyo, is Art Biotop, an art retreat and artist’s residency. But one of their highlights is the meditative Water Garden designed …
the overall top prize went to Hull (left) while the best design went to Eco Laundry (right)Around this time of year, a coveted prize is awarded within a niche industry in Japan: the Laundromat-o…
Tokyo, Shibuya (2019)The painter Naoki Tomita uses thick layers of oil paint to depict suburban scenes of Japan: the facades of stores, high-rise buildings or a parking lot, devoid of anything b…
Around this time of year the rice harvest becomes a big deal, as well as the tons of rice straw, or wara, that is leftover. This year is the 10th anniversary of Niigata’s Wara Art Festival.…
The architecture firm’s founder, Masahiro Harada, grew up in Shizuoka which is also home to the famous mountain. Completed in June of 2018, the new Sengyoji Temple, located in Ikebukuro, is a to…
Manabu Endo creates dignified portraits of his subjects using a watercolor background and detailed ballpoint pen illustrations. The dreamy animals, plants and occasionally humans are reminiscent…
a page from Miyu Kojima’s new book, which features essays and photos of her miniature replicasTwenty seven-year old Miyu Kojima (previously) works for a company that cleans up after kodokushi (孤…
Twenty six-year old Miyu Kojima works for a company that cleans up after kodokushi (孤独死) or lonely deaths: a Japanese phenomenon of people dying alone and remaining undiscovered for a long perio…
Musashino Magazine (Autumn 2018)For the past several years, Ryo Takemasa, the illustrator behind the Birds of Tokyo handbook, has been illustrating the cover of the quarterly magazine Musashino.…
Last year the commercial complex Tokyo Midtown invited illustrator Ryo Takemasa to illustrate some of the most common birds in Tokyo. By teaming up with graphic design studio Tawarasha, they cre…
