This wood-clad Japanese contemporary home in Niseko blends into a secluded forest of birch and pine trees yet is minutes from some of the best skiing in Japan and all of Asia. “Niseko is Asia’s ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

A fascinating new book chronicles unorthodox Japanese residential architecture over the past almost 80 years. When World War II ended, Japan found itself not just battered and broke, but also in the ...

Asia Society Japan will start the new year by hosting architect Naomi Pollock at Art for Breakfast. She'll be delivering a talk titled “Exceptional Japanese Houses: Residential Design from 1945 to the ...

Living in a city often means that you know your neighbors—whether you want to or not. For a couple in Fukuoka, Japan, a prefecture capital of 1.6 million inhabitations on the northern shore of the ...

In this era of rapid globalization, the path to enlightenment is travel. Those who have viewed first-hand the embrace of Western architecture, fashion, and lifestyle in rising Asia understand that ...