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Play tells of Kyoto’s last-minute climate deal – a story repeated in summits since

Malign influence exerted by negotiators for fossil-fuel lobby dramatised in production transferring to London

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2024

Claesson Koivisto Rune on 30 years of their often Japan-inspired designs, charted in a new book

‘Claesson Koivisto Rune: In Transit’ is a ‘round-the-world journey’ into the Swedish studio's projects. Here, the founders tell Wallpaper* about their fascination with Japan, and the concept of aimai

Wallpaper · Nov 13, 2024

Soaked in sake and maples, Muriel Barbery’s One Hour of Fervour offers a cliched view of Japan

French bestselling author Muriel Barbery’s sixth opus, One Hour of Fervour, is a contemplative novel, a poetic travelogue and a homage to Japan. We follow Haru Ueno, a successful Japanese art dealer, whose life is turned upside down the day his French mistress forbids him from raising his child.

The Conversation · Oct 14, 2024

Pushing Buttons: At Nintendo’s new museum in Japan, I found a nostalgia-laced trip down memory lane – not a history lesson

From playing Mario on a giant controller to spotting Pikmin hiding in corners, my visit to this delightful museum in Kyoto offered up experience over education

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2024

A minimalist teahouse makes a serene addition to a Tadao Ando-designed Kyoto hotel

Ogata at The Shinmonzen is a contemporary reinterpretation of a Japanese teahouse that sells traditional blends, confectionery, crafts and fragrances

Wallpaper · Sep 12, 2024

Nintendo Museum will open on October 2 in Kyoto, Japan — historic card manufacturing plant repurposed to showcase its most iconic games

The Nintendo Museum is slated for an October 2 launch in Japan, built on Nintendo's oldest property.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 21, 2024

As Switch 2 hype builds, Nintendo clarifies it's not showing off its next console during the livestream for its new Kyoto museum

Nintendo has clarified that its Museum Direct is, in fact, about its museum

GamesRadar · Aug 19, 2024

Kyoto exhibition collates Veronica Ditting’s influential printed matter for the world’s biggest brands

Creative director and designer Veronica Ditting has created printed matter for The Row, Hermès and Maison Margiela. Now, a new exhibition in Kyoto, ‘Folio Folio Folio: Print by Veronica Ditting’ celebrates her influential career so far

Wallpaper · Jul 13, 2024

The week in theatre: The Constituent; Kyoto; Mean Girls – review

James Corden and Anna Maxwell Martin struggle for urgency in Joe Penhall’s drama about a threatened female MP; climate crisis talks are turned into a whirligig show; and Tina Fey’s musical of the 2004 film is pink and perky

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024

Kyoto review – 1997 protocol on climate crisis fuels gripping theatre at the RSC

Stephen Kunken’s Republican ringmaster narrates this gripping account of the negotiation of the first international treaty on tackling climate change

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024