The beautifully preserved town of Obuse in Nagano prefecture is home to old sake breweries and silk farms. It’s also where we parade this season’s womenswear.
Those wishing to follow the growing global trend for simple, ecologically sound living could have no better example than Professor Yoshifumi Nakamura and his weekend haven, tucked away in the hills of Japan’s Nagano region…
Weather is difficult to predict; earthquakes are even harder. Now Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) is being sued by the families of five people who died when Mount Ontake – a 3,000-metre volcano on the border of the…
Here’s a way to help the planet at your next canapés-and-cocktails party: eat the food. At least, that’s the message of 30.10 (san-maru-ichi-maru), a new Japanese Environment Ministry campaign designed to help cut down…
A leafy getaway spot in central Japan is the backdrop to our autumn menswear shoot. Here’s our pick of warm coats and jackets and knitwear to keep you cosy as temperatures begin to fall.
Defying geography is a theme this month with Nordic style in Milan, a US coffee shop opening in Tokyo and gin distilled in Berlin. Stir in Turkish craft beer plus Brazilian kisses and you have a culinary cocktail that is…
Retired architect Shigemi Asano teamed up with Tezuka Architects to create a home that marries modernity with local tradition. Inside, Asano has stripped it of all but the most essential of belongings, leaving the views of…
High taxes and rigid regulation have made it a tough sell for Japan’s artisan beer makers. But increasingly astute drinkers are starting to appreciate the superior quality product micro-breweries have to offer.
