Klein Dytham Architecture has aimed to counter rock music snobbery with its design for guitar brand Fender's Tokyo flagship store, which is meant to feel welcoming to people who might feel judged in other guitar stores. More about Klein Dytham Architecture gives Fender's first flagship store a welcoming feel
Designer Keiji Ashizawa has devised the interiors of The Conran Shop Daikanyama in Tokyo, which is located inside a building by architect Fumihiko Maki and spotlights products from Japan and Asia. More about Keiji Ashizawa designs "home-like" The Conran Shop in Hillside Terrace
Hong Kong-based architect and interior designer André Fu has completed the first global flagship store for electronic accessory brand Casetify in Osaka, combining traditional Japanese shoji paper lanterns with bright colours. More about André Fu designs colourful Casetify shop in Japan informed by shoji lanterns
Fashion brand Loewe has opened a store in Osaka that, for the first time, is specifically dedicated to the repair and preservation of its leather goods. More about Loewe ReCraft store in Osaka finds ways to let leather live on
Local studio I IN has renovated two toilets in a Tokyo shopping centre, using lights that "propose new colours for genders" to create vivid interiors. More about Tile-clad Tokyo toilets are drenched in bright green and yellow light
Architecture studio 2m26 has used traditional Japanese carpentry to create a chicken coop built from cypress and cedar bark in the mountains surrounding Kyoto, Japan. More about Niwatorigoya is a chicken coop inspired by Japanese shrines
Kyoto-based architecture and design studio 2m26 has created a compact, movable restaurant from locally-sourced Hinoki cypress timber. More about 2m26 references traditional food carts for mobile all-in-one ramen restaurant
Two cantilevered stacked volumes of contrasting materials form Laxus, a new home designed by Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates. More about Apollo Architects & Associates create home from stacked volumes in Tokyo
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has given Dezeen an exclusive look at his design for the Expo 2025 Osaka, an undulating pavilion that will be built from paper tubes, bamboo and carbon-fibre reinforced plastic. More about Shigeru Ban unveils triple-domed Expo 2025 Osaka pavilion
Traditional Japanese joinery in cypress and cedar has been used to construct this stable near Kyoto, Japan, which was designed by architecture studio 2m26 to "connect humans, horses and nature". More about Umagoya stable in Kyoto features traditional Japanese carpentry
A single concrete column supports the walls and roof of this house by Japanese studio IGArchitects, creating a flexible interior that can be opened up to the surrounding landscape. More about Single concrete column supports One-Legged House in Japan
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has unveiled a public toilet that incorporates a communal hand-washing basin, as the final instalment of the Tokyo Toilet project. More about Sou Fujimoto's Tokyo toilet incorporates elongated communal sink
Columns made from thick wooden logs fill this office in Nagoya City, Japan, created by local studio Tomoaki Uno Architects at the base of a former apartment block. More about Wooden logs frame Forest Office in Japan by Tomoaki Uno Architects
Traditional Japanese materials and details are fused with contemporary finishes at C4L House in Tokyo, designed by local studio Cubo Design Architects. More about Cubo Design Architects celebrates traditional Japanese craft in Tokyo home
Interior designer Masamichi Katayama of Wonderwall has joined Dezeen Awards 2023 as a judge. Here, he selects five projects that best reflect his work. More about Five key projects by interior designer and Dezeen Awards judge Masamichi Katayama
Challenging site constraints informed the angular shape of this concrete house named Villa MKZ, designed by Japanese studio Takeshi Hirobe Architects. More about Takeshi Hirobe Architects designs Japanese house to "dance around" complex site
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a staggered housing development by architect Kengo Kuma. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "unsettling" staggered housing on Japanese hillside
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has added a staggered housing development, which employs construction techniques taken from dams, to a mountainous location in Japan. More about Kengo Kuma nestles staggered housing complex on Japanese hillside
Specialist toilet designer Junko Kobayashi has created a public toilet within a series of weathering steel cylinders as her contribution to the Tokyo Toilet project. More about Junko Kobayashi tops weathering-steel Tokyo toilet with bright yellow disc
A set of giant wooden tables and chairs shelter the glass buildings of Sweets Bank, the headquarters of sweet company Shunkado in Hamamatsu City, Japan, designed by Nikken Sekkei. More about Nikken Sekkei shelters Japanese sweet company HQ with oversized table and chairs