Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending them
Japan has found a new export industry and it doesn’t come off an assembly line. It arrives by…
Five carefully renovated machiya houses in Kyoto
Kyoto‘s historic townhouses, machiyas, are increasing being renovated and turned into everything from hotels to perfume stores. Here,…
Old Folk House in Iwakura / td-Atelier
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Studio Aluc renovates 100-year old townhouse in Kyoto
Japanese design firm Studio Aluc “deliberately retained traces of past craftsmanship” to transform a historic machiya residence into…
UNC Studio’s Challe cafe in Kyoto fuses Japanese and Mexican design
Interiors firm UNC Studio has transformed a traditional wooden house in Kyoto into a Japanese-Mexican fusion cafe and…
Into Mischief Colt Danon Figo Goes For Three Straight at Kyoto
Ollie’s Candy winning the Clement L. Hirsch | Benoit By Alan Carasso In this continuing series, we take…
Foreign entrepreneurs fuel innovation in Kyoto
Startups Startups want to show how traditional industries can find new relevance Number of funded startups in Kyoto…
Sosho-Kan at Kyoto University of the Arts / Takenaka Corporation
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Japan’s ‘golden week’ loses lustre amid soaring hotel prices, inflation
Japan’s annual “golden week” holiday period gets into full swing on Saturday, but inflation and hotel prices sent…