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Saying goodbye to Kepler, an upstate Witch Camp, Halloween in Tokyo and more in our look around the web
Tag: Tokyo
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Shibuya’s Impressive Halloween Celebrations
Tokyo—specifically Shibuya—is one big, well-costumed party in a new photo series by Kawasaki-based photographer Ko Sasaki. Over the past decade, Halloween celebrations have been gaining momentum in Japan, and the costumes—ranging from classic …
Word of Mouth: Tokyo Design and Architecture
We explore some of the Japanese capital's most exciting and alluring structures
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World’s Tallest Timber Tower Proposed for Tokyo
Known as “plyscrapers,” several towers of wood are planned for development around the world. None impresses quite as much as Sumitomo Forestry’s 1,148-foot-tall and $5.6 billion project: the W350 tower. It’s slated …
Two Affordable, Design-Friendly Moxy Hotels Open in Japan
Tokyo and Osaka welcome the rapidly expanding Marriott brand
Link About It: This Week’s Picks
Digital greenhouses, mega-cities, space rocks, hidden chambers inside pyramids and more in our look around the web
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Digital Greenhouse’s “Vegetable Symphony”
A touch-activated digital greenhouse in Tokyo is more than visually stunning because of its psychedelic lights. This magical place is home to a “vegetable orchestra,” by studio PARTY. The garden contains seven …
The Future of Car Design at the Tokyo Motor Show
Japanese brands take up intrinsic, rather than Western influences
Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan
Exploring the famed architect’s work on the occasion of his 150th birthday
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Yayoi Kusama is Opening a Museum
Known and adored all over the world, artist Yayoi Kusama is set to open her very own museum in Tokyo. The five-story museum will host a garden, reading room, materials archive and …