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The Dovercourt House draws upon, and re-interprets, many elements of traditional Japanese architecture, and marries those elements with a love for colour and texture. Instead of the popular open concept which breaks the barrier...
Manhole, the humble utility hole over is Japan is always quite special from what you can see in the other country. Instead of ordinary text pattern cover, Japanese cities and towns across the country...
Hiromi Sato is a traditional Japanese craft artist. Influenced by her parents a traditional artisan and painting artist since child, Sato obtained traditional Japanese craft qualification and designed a series of beautiful starry sake...
Anime is a huge industry in Japan and many of people grew up with it, such as me. I can imagine there is a large amount of people who works for this industry so...
Japan’s cherry blossom season has officially started, and people all over the world are getting ready to celebrate the arrival of the pink sakura bloom. “Flower viewing” festivals (called hanami) is the Japanese traditional...
Due to the nature of food, I always think Sashimi can easily achieve beautiful plating with simple food arrangement. As a sushi lover, I have been to many Japanese restaurants. No matter how elegant...
Tokyo based Japanese designer Monde designed an interesting series called “bookshelf dioramas“. Monde’s “back alley bookshelves” are detailed replicas of the winding, narrow back alley’s of Japan, which can easily transform ordinary bookshelves into...
New York-based artist Simon Lo creates below incredible, scaled-down versions of traditional Japanese houses full of tiny hand-crafted items. Each charming miniature is planned and hand-built with incredible attention to detail. If you only...
Designed by Japanese company Triad whose main business line is to produce architectural models, the Omoshiro Blocks (loosely translated as ‘fun block’) feature various notable architectural in Japan such as Kyoto’s Kiyomizudera Temple, Tokyo’s...
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by Vivian · Published November 13, 2017 · Last modified March 9, 2018
KitKats were introduced to Japan in 1973 and in 2014, it has been he top-selling confection in the country. Why? The reason is quite simple – Kit Kat in Japan just doesn’t like any...
Japanese people love cat, they love cat so much that they are not only drawing cat on the Latte but drawing with soy sauce when eat sushi. It can be real! Yeah, it is...
Inspired by kirigami — an origami-like technique that employs cuts in addition to folds, Japanese designer Haruki Nakamura creates paper dolls that move by a simple touch or throw. Crafted from paper and cleverly...
