Japan's Seto Inland Sea offers some of the finest architecture in the country – we tour its rich selection of contemporary ...

Post World War II, architects like Kenzo Tange pioneered a new blend of tradition with modernism, sparking the influential Metabolist movement of the 1960s that imagined cities as organic, adaptable ...

In architecture, more than anywhere else, Japan plays a subtle game. These seven architectural works by masters such as Kengo Kuma and Tadao Ando show how the archipelago is shaping the future by ...

In 2016, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York held an intriguing exhibition titled *Japan’s Constellation: Ito Toyo, SANAA, and Beyond*, exploring contemporary Japanese architecture. The ...

Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a bustling city that is best discovered at a leisurely pace.

Tokyo’s skyline has been increasingly crowded by construction cranes since Japan’s winning bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games. For some, they represent progress and economic promise; for others, ...

880-04 Originally published in Japanese as Gendai Nihon Kenchikuka Retsuden by Kawade Shobō Shinsha in 2011. Includes new preface for English edition. Rising from the ashes : The prewar generation. A ...