Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending them
Japan has found a new export industry and it doesn’t come off an assembly line. It arrives by…
Luup scooters introduces automatic stop function to avoid nuisance use in Kyoto
When Luup scooter users in Kyoto enter prohibited areas around the city’s picturesque Kamo River, their vehicle will…
Japan is quintupling entry visa fees for visitors, but which tourists will be affected?
Japan will quintuple entry visa fees starting from July 1, but most Australian tourists will not be impacted. …
Five carefully renovated machiya houses in Kyoto
Kyoto‘s historic townhouses, machiyas, are increasing being renovated and turned into everything from hotels to perfume stores. Here,…
Keiji Ashizawa transforms 120-year-old townhouse into rental home
Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has created the Toune holiday home in a 120-year-old machiya, preserving its original…
Traditional townhouses inform interiors of Capella Kyoto hotel
The unique “rhythm and progression” of Japanese machiya townhouses helped Brewin Design Office devise the interiors of this…
Old Folk House in Iwakura / td-Atelier
© Kohei Matsumura + 14 Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1040323/old-folk-house-in-iwakura-td-atelier Area Area of this…
Oh deer: famous hoofed residents of Japan’s Nara wander as far as Osaka
The sacred deer that have been a fixture of the ancient Japanese capital of Nara for centuries are…
How Japan is addressing overtourism — and what it means for Australians
Japanese tour guide Sai Endo was still learning to speak English when he spent a year of high…
Studio Aluc renovates 100-year old townhouse in Kyoto
Japanese design firm Studio Aluc “deliberately retained traces of past craftsmanship” to transform a historic machiya residence into…
UNC Studio’s Challe cafe in Kyoto fuses Japanese and Mexican design
Interiors firm UNC Studio has transformed a traditional wooden house in Kyoto into a Japanese-Mexican fusion cafe and…
Kyoto Overrun by Reckless Bicycles in No-Cycling Zones
In the ancient capital of Kyoto, bustling with foreign tourists, accidents involving rental bicycles and other bikes show…