Photos

• Good design makes room for everyone

  A platform edge, a patch of green, and a reminder that mobility should belong to everyone.

• Signposts and skylines

  Directions under a Yokohama Sky: A roadside signpost points every which way in Yokohama’s Nishi Ward.

• A golden sesame specialty shop

  A sesame stop on Kamakura’s most walkable shopping street.

• Nihonbashi Exit of Tokyo Station at the Marunouchi Chuo Building

  The Marunouchi Chuo Building (丸の内中央ビルディング) is a high-rise office and commercial building located in the heart of the Marunouchi district in Tokyo, Japan.

• JPR Yokohama Building

  JPR Yokohama Building is a 9-storey office/retail building near Yokohama Station.

• Ginza polished shops and layered signs

  This is a very Ginza scene — polished shops, layered signs, weekend pedestrian rules, and that oddly orderly Tokyo way of turning even street restrictions into a visual composition.

• Afternoon quiet by the pool

  Poolside calm, tropical shade, and the soft luxury of doing nothing for a while.

• Resort lights, mountain shadows

  A peaceful night by the lagoon at Pico De Loro Club, where every window becomes part of the reflection.

• How to train your mall dragon

  Toothless turns an ordinary mall corner into a tiny slice of fantasy.

• Yokohama Takashimaya, the West Exit giant

  Yokohama Takashimaya helped turn the station’s west side into one of the city’s busiest commercial centers.