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SPECIAL REPORT: The number of people visiting Japan hit record levels in 2024, but top ‘Golden Route’ destinations such as Kyoto and Osaka are suffering from overcrowding. If current trends are unsustainable, where should people go instead? Adam Withnall reports from Tokyo

Where to stay in 2025? Let six of the most-read-about hotel openings of the past 12 months inspire your escape – from a tiny Tokyo bolthole to a Tanzanian safari retreat

The superstar artist, famed for his Louis Vuitton bags and Kanye West album sleeves, is back with epic paintings riffing on the history of Japanese art. He talks cuteness, gold leaf and hara-kiri on TV

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

‘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

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.

Noma Kyoto opens on 8 October for a ten-week pop-up inside Ace Kyoto. Thomas Lykke, co-founder of OEO Studio, tells us of the interiors’ autumn-forest inspiration

A former ryokan inn, Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto offers onsen rooms equipped with natural hot spring water, and a contemporary take on a Noh theatre

Museum features consoles from 1983’s Famicom to 2017’s Switch, as well as honouring Nintendo’s pre-video-game era

Nintendo opened its first museum on Wednesday in a renovated factory in Kyoto, showcasing the long history of the Japanese video game giant from playing cards to "Super Mario".

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