What is ‘Jaxury’? The quiet power of Japanese luxury today
In the soft glow of the hotel room, the tissue box doesn’t immediately draw attention. Yet veteran journalist Kumiko Yoshioka urges me to look c…
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An eye-catching example of Vancouver architecture: Alberni by Kengo Kuma. The penthouse is currently for sale — a mere $16.9M, if you’re in the market. 😅
Take a look: https://youtu.be/Le6y_d8xNR4
Globetrotting bartender Hideyuki Saito has created a graffiti-themed cocktail menu melding art, travel and taste.Saito, the senior director of bars at the Tokyo Edition hotels in the Japanese capital’s Ginza and Toranomon neighbourhoods, has drawn on a decade of visits to various countries for the menu.He began his bartending career in Tokyo but left in 2010 to work in London, New York, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. In 2017, he was one of eight bartenders to reach the final of the Bacardi Legacy global cocktail competition in Berlin, Germany.After 10 years abroad, Saito returned to Japan to join Tokyo
On April 16, the Sony World Photography Awards announced the winners of its 18th edition at a ceremony in London, in the United Kingdom.The top prize in the architecture and design category went to Hong Kong-based Canadian photographer Ulana Switucha, who won with her series “The Tokyo Toilet Project”.Commissioned by the Shibuya municipal government and the Nippon Foundation, they were created by 16 architects and designers, including Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma.“I think the actual subject matter the beauty and the art. It was a really good story to pull together in a series, and I was very privileged
On April 16, the Sony World Photography Awards announced the winners of its 18th edition at a ceremony in London, in the United Kingdom.The top prize in the architecture and design category went to Hong Kong-based Canadian photographer Ulana Switucha, who won with her series “The Tokyo Toilet Project”.Commissioned by the Shibuya municipal government and the Nippon Foundation, they were created by 16 architects and designers, including Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma.“I think the actual subject matter the beauty and the art. It was a really good story to pull together in a series, and I was very privileged