In an age of Y2K-inspired loud graphics (think neon chrome, pixel motifs and holograms), a contrasting movement has quietly ...

Leading brands are embracing a “less is more” philosophy rooted in Japanese design logic.Rather than competing for attention with chaos, they opt for calm, space and simplicity. Think luxury and ...

Inspirations from Japanese aesthetics and Zen philosophy, however ... He had a vision of recreating a Japanese garden in his house. But his theatre was nothing but this ‘afterimage’ of that world, ...

A great exchange rate, ChatGPT, and kimono-wearing bros have turned Kyoto into the loveliest tourist trap on earth.

When Gaijin’s chef-partner Anand Morwani was on a long trip to Japan in 2024, he noticed that the best matcha — the kind used ...

Once a meditative Japanese ritual, matcha is now a mainstay in cafés, coolers, cocktails — and culture ...