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Cafe Kureon is a small cafe designed by Tokyo-based architectural design firm Kengo Kuma and Associates located in Toyama, Japan. It has its own uniqueness with shades amid vacant lots that have a beautiful lawn. The whim was ‘to create a building like a forest by piling up pieces of wood, rather than joining them together’. This beautiful wooden design is a testament to the sophistication of that Japanese architecture.

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The Nomadic Museum is a temporary structure used to house the “Ashes and Snow” photography and film exhibition by Gregory Colbert which travels the world photographing encounters between humans and large animals. Designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and engineers Buro Happold, the museum is made entirely from reusable materials. Actually this 45,000-square-foot mobile museum was designed to be disassembled and reconfigured to house the traveling exhibit.

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Located in the fashionable Aoyama district of Tokyo, Prada’s Tokyo becomes a landmark attraction due to its visibility. Designed by the Swiss architecture team of Herzog & de Meuron, this is a strikingly unconventional 6-story high glass crystal store. Amidst this beautiful symphony of mass and void spaces, the 5-sided polyhedral Prada Aoyama is as decorative as it is architectural and is both metaphorically and literally linked to its surrounding environment.

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Located in Shibuya, Tokyo, the museum opened in September 1990. Designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta, it is known for its unique ways of presenting contemporary visual arts. The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art stands together with the Mori Arts Center and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa as one of the major institutions in Japan and in Asia.

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Located in Tokyo’s Hatsudai, Tokyo Opera City is a large cultural community comprising three zones focusing on the arts, business and commercial amenities. Opened in the cultural complex in September 1999, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery has its own permanent collection as well as operating as a changing exhibition gallery. This is a cultural center  showcases a variety of events in addition to the usual gallery offerings. Fashion, design and architecture from artists both Japanese and international are featured here for the last four years.

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The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography is the only museum in Japan devoted to photography and imagery. Occupying a four-floor building in one corner of Ebisu Garden Place, in southwest Tokyo, it houses the largest number of photographs and images/video within the country. The museum operates a year-round programmed of about 20 events, including individual exhibitions of celebrated photographers, exhibitions of original designs and exhibitions of the work of up-and-coming artists.

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Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic story, Alice in Wonderland is one of the most unusual restaurants in Tokyo. Located in Tokyo’ district of Ginza, the restaurant combines psychedelic decorations, dramatic designs and waitresses dressed in Alice costumes. Designed by Japanese studio Fantastic Design Works, this Tokyo restaurant is unique and unforgettable and is a must stop on your travels to Japan.

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Patrick Cox is a fashion icon designs leather goods, shoes and accessories, which are produced with the use of eccentric materials. And now we’re meeting you with Patrick Cox’ unique contemporary shop. It is located at 17-story building in the fashion’ Mecca – Aoyama district of Tokyo, Japan. This creative futuristic project is the winner of the Japanese Commercial Designers Association Design Award 2009.

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Aperture is a nonprofit New York located foundation aiming to promote photography and to serve photographers and photography enthusiasts worldwide. It has conserved the founders’ spirit of editorial freedom and experiential nature.

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Once a small fishing village, nowadays Yokohama is the second biggest city in Japan, located just a short distance of Tokyo. With a population about three million people, it is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. The city is the largest seaport in the Land of the Rising Sun and offers a good selection of museums and countless of tourist attractions.

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