If you've seen traditional Japanese bathrooms, they probably have something in common: the bathtub. It's distinct in design and is core to aiding a sense of luxury and tranquility.

That’s not to say Japanese living room design is starkly minimalist, but the pieces used to decorate should have meaning or a function, according to Yoshida. “Do not just buy things to ...

Credit: Cocoon “Japandi Living: Japanese Tradition. Scandinavian Design,” published by Lannoo, is available now. Top image: Interiors by MENU Space.

If you look upward at the exposed roof beams inside the “Japanese Heritage Shōya House”—which is what the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif., calls this transplanted three-century-old ...

Japanese design, and its craft principles of simplicity (shibu), imperfection (wabi-sabi) and harmony with the natural world (shinto), have had a global impact.

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