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Happy Trails

Daily digest: MEGASOFT launches a database of Japanese buildings, Greyhound is acquired by a German transit startup, and more

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Nakagin, Unplugged

Preservation efforts kick into high gear as the demolition of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower looms

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Metabolic Collapse

Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower faces renewed threats of demolition

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Days Of Future Present

ANIME ARCHITECTURE constructs the future by pulling from the past

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Wood Wizardry

New York’s Japan Society explores the art behind traditional carpentry tools

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The Frame Game

JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles will virtually reopen with a window-centric new show

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Big Five, Big Moves

Because of labor shortages, this Japanese dam is being built by robots

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Japanese At Ease

Love is Enough clads the Rule of Thirds restaurant at A/D/O in Douglas fir

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These Structures are Big in Japan

Japanese engineering gets its due in Structured Lineages

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Nothing to Hida

Japan House Los Angeles displays exquisite furniture handcrafted in the Hida region

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Real Nintendo Power

Super Nintendo World will open at Universal Studios Japan for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

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The Muji Model

Muji’s newest prefab home has ample open space and zero stairs

The Nakagin Capsule Tower, an iconic collection of stacked concrete cubes
Tokyo Tear-Down?

Fate of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower still up in the air

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Keeping Place

L.A.’s Little Tokyo combats displacement with summer arts series

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Shake It Up

Why doesn’t the U.S. design buildings to survive earthquakes?

Interior photo of the restaurant Tsukimi, with two long wooden tables facing each other and overhead tube lights and mirrors
A Taste of Tsukimi

The Japanese tradition of moon-viewing lights up Tsukimi in the East Village

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In Hot Water

Junya Ishigami’s use of unpaid interns draws criticism after Serpentine selection

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46th Pritzker Prize Winner

Japanese architect Arata Isozaki named the 2019 Pritzker laureate

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