Tokyo for Design Lovers, Tokyo, Japan

What makes Tokyo an incredible city for design lovers? This Tokyo design guide covers all the best spots.

In Tokyo great design is everywhere you look. It’s like a huge playground for design lovers, and it’s a bit overwhelming at first.

I wrote this guide after my second visit to Tokyo. I discovered wonderful design spots on both trips.

Tokyo is famous for its sensory overload, but I also found many smaller and quieter places with traditional hand-made items, cool design shops, and some museums that are unique to Tokyo.

In this Tokyo design guide, I share my top spots for design lovers in Tokyo, including Tokyo neighbourhoods to visit if you love design, museums for design lovers in Tokyo, local craft workshops, and some off-the-beaten-path finds.

Use my list to add unique places to your itinerary and to navigate Tokyo’s incredible design scene beyond the famous places in the city centre.

Fashion icon Issey Miyake and minimalist architect Tadao Ando created a design museum together, and it’s as sleek as it sounds.

The building is impressive, with clean lines, concrete, and glass. The folded steel roof designed by Tadao was inspired by Miyake’s ‘A Piece of Cloth’ concept. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).