Nick Knight showcases Grace Elizabeth and Anok Yai dancing a couture duet as they swirl and giggle in this ethereal fashion film for Vogue Japan’s January 2020 issue…
Tokusen Kashikosa snakewood Japanese chopsticks are another step up from ebony or rosewood, and a must-have for lovers of Japanese culinary culture…
REOPENING ON SEPTEMBER 12th, 2019!
Explore Intermission, a short film by NOWNESS Experiments featuring legendary game designer Hideo Kojima as he reflects on time, play, and world-building while walking through Tokyo’s cinematic streets.
Louis Vuitton presents Visionary Journeys, an immersive exhibition at Osaka’s Nakanoshima Museum of Art (July 15 – Sept 17, 2025), celebrating 170 years of innovation and Japanese inspiration.
Starting March 20, Osaka presents a unique retrospective of one of Japan’s most influential contemporary architects. YOUTH, an immersive exhibition on Tadao Ando’s life and work, unites large-scale installations, sketches, models, and multisensory spaces – celebrating the eternal youth of this now 83-year-old master.
In Okinawa, where people live longer than almost anywhere else on earth, Shimei Nakaoji runs every day. At 87, he defies time – not out of duty, but pure joy for life.
Longevity, biohacking, and the quiet immortality of art
What does it truly mean to live long? In the new THE Stylemate issue Endless Enough, we dive deep – from the world’s Blue Zones to biohacking and art as a vessel for immortality. A magazine for those who seek not just more years in life, but more life in their years.
From Salzburg to Tokyo, Edwina Hörl unites fashion, art, and culinary culture into a concept that understands clothing as a social and cultural intervention. Her collection “listen to the soup” reflects this philosophy – while also pointing to her life beyond fashion: running her late husband’s ramen bar in Tokyo.
Taiga Takahashi (1995–2022), a Central Saint Martins graduate and founder of T.T (formerly Taiga Takahashi), was far more than a fashion designer. He merged fashion, art, and Japanese culture into a quiet yet radical vision that extended well beyond clothing – and continues to live on today.
A simple house, the vast ocean, family and surfing – Hiroki Ryo left Tokyo behind to live Yohaku: the Japanese concept of finding beauty in empty spaces and abundance in nothingness.
A JOURNEY TO KYOTO IS NEVER COMPLETE WITHOUT A VISIT TO A JAPANESE GARDEN.
Fashion often dwells on appearances. But not SACAI. The Japanese label breaks conventions, fuses opposites, and creates something radically original. At the center of this creative force is Chitose Abe, a designer who doesn’t just design clothes — she reshapes the way we think about them.
With over 35 years at the forefront of fashion, UNDERCOVER fuses the raw power of punk culture with avant-garde aesthetics and masterful craftsmanship. At the heart of it all is Jun Takahashi – a designer whose creative philosophy, “making art, not clothes,” defines the brand’s USP: clothing as a visual and cultural signal – a pleasant noise in everyday life.
Renowned Australian architect John Wardle has redesigned his own family home in Melbourne – and with a deep focus on craftsmanship and timber, created a space that “celebrates life and passion.”
With a soaring wooden spiral that inscribes Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” into the sky, Austria presents a poetic synthesis of architecture, music, and sustainability at Expo 2025 in Osaka. Designed by BWM Designers & Architects in collaboration with facts and fiction, the pavilion is a vibrant invitation to co-create the future – not designed, but composed.
A spoon gliding through soft egg yolk, a ray of light shining through a window or the tinkling of a glass in the evening: sometimes it’s not the loud sounds but the quiet moments that linger in the memory. The design hotel K5, designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune, is located in a historic bank building in the heart of Tokyo’s financial district. In addition to rooms, an entrance area and a pop-up space, it also houses three culinary spots that are not just about eating waffles and drinking sake, but about discovering moments that sparkle without being loud.
Minimalist elegance, masterful craftsmanship, and the finest sake – right in the heart of Vienna, a place has opened that unites all of this in a truly unique way: the new SHIKI Boutique | Sakethek by Joji Hattori.