This forest-like beauty salon in Osaka has birch trees wedged between the floor and ceiling (+ slideshow). More »

Garments hang from a wall-mounted wooden grid inside this Osaka fashion boutique that Japanese studio Ninkipen! has recently completed (+ slideshow). More »

Garments and accessories are sparingly displayed in a three-dimensional grid of white steel cubes at this boutique in Osaka by NI&Co. Architects (+ slideshow). More »

This narrow house in Osaka by Ido, Kenji Architectural Studio contains hollow white boxes for stairs and a skewed upper storey. More »

Here's another project from Japanese designer Reiichi Ikeda, this time a hair salon in Osaka with diagonally striped wood and frosted glass (+ slideshow). More »

Japanese designer Reiichi Ikeda has built a wire mesh box in the middle of a fashion boutique in Osaka. More »

Designer Reiichi Ikeda has come up with a shop for Japanese fashion brand Wonderland that has a small wooden house inside. More »

Japanese designers Nendo have designed a shoe store where the shoes walk around the store on their own. More »

This house in Osaka by architects Suga Atelier has a faceted concrete exterior that looks like a rockface. More »

Japanese architects Ninkipen! have planted a tree at the centre of this hair salon in Kadoma and surrounded it with mirrored A-frames. More »

Slideshow: the cantilevered upper storeys of this house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shogo Iwata hover above a driveway. More »

Slideshow: none of the elongated rooms inside this curvy apartment block in Osaka are more than two metres wide. More »

Slideshow: a select number of garments at this fashion store in Osaka are presented inside a white cage-like tunnel. More »

This tiny gabled pharmacy is squeezed into a narrow alleyway between two towering apartment blocks in Osaka. More »