1. Sapporo, Japan: Worth a Visit

    Wallpaper* City Guides are lightweight travel books aimed particularly at design-savvy travelers. I like that they’re pared-down—at just eight chapters [...]

  2. Japan’s Future Look

    In the fifth and final instalment of our series exploring Japanese aesthetics, The Diplomat looks at what the future might [...]

  3. What is ‘Japaneseness’?

    In this fourth in a series exploring Japanese aesthetics, The Diplomat examines the concept of ‘Japaneseness.’ What makes Japan’s landscape so [...]

  4. Japan: Where Conflict Is Harmony

    In this third in a series exploring Japanese aesthetics, The Diplomat looks into the popular notion that the ‘Land of [...]

  5. One-of-a-Kind Japan

    In this second in a series exploring Japanese aesthetics, The Diplomat examines what sets the country’s modern urban landscape apart [...]