The peaceful interiors combine Japanese minimalism with a Scandinavian design approach, merging the two aesthetics with sombre palettes ... California brand Blue Bottle Coffee in Yokohama and a ...

The Japanese house has gained a reputation for being smart with space – in the face of Japan's tricky planning regulations and tight urban plots – opening up possibilities for all types of lifestyle ...

Fukumori Kunihiro Time is also of the essence. The novelist Junichiro Tanizaki made that point in his treatise on Japanese aesthetics, “In Praise of Shadows.” In Japan, he wrote, patina wins ...

they also enhance the minimalist aesthetic. Max Lam Tsz-hong, who designed the 2,000 sq ft, three-bedroom flat, incorp­orated aspects of Japanese aesthetics (natural materials, used in an ...