Tokyo - The Glass Magazine

Elegance Steeped In History at Palace Hotel Tokyo

January 12, 2026

AT Palace Hotel Tokyo, the city’s energy fades into the background. Rising above the moat that encircles the Imperial Palace gardens, the hotel is both impressive and serene, a place that balances understated ...

UGG and AMBUSH reunite for second collaboration

Ellis Dowle

September 15, 2025

Fashion, News

IN A dynamic and boundary-pushing collaboration, UGG and AMBUSH have created a limited collection inspired by underground Tokyo youth culture. Founded in 2008 as a luxury jewellery brand, Ambush has quickly...

GLASS Presents: The Ultimate Summer 25 Playlist

tet

June 29, 2025

Culture, Feature, Music, News

From Tokyo neon to London dusk, from whispered R&B to riot-glam club edits, this playlist are for our GLASS readers (and their curated wardrobes): considered, international, impossibly relevant. SOPHIE...

Glass finds tranquillity above the lively capital at Bellustar Tokyo

Vivian Hui

May 26, 2025

Asia, Feature, Japan, Travel

Tokyo is known to be an energetic city that never stops. Although the hustle and bustle is found on the ground, here at BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel, it’s a completely new world. The unique property...

Glass enjoys a city escape at Shangri-La Tokyo

Imogen Clark

January 20, 2025

Asia, Feature, Japan, Travel

SITUATED next to Tokyo Station in the Marunouchi neighbourhood lies the luxury behemoth, Shangri-La Tokyo. In a city famed to be the epicentre of food, arts and culture in Japan, this 200-room hotel offers...

Tom Wood presents AW25 collections in new Tokyo street-style campaign

Felicity Carter

August 19, 2024

Fashion, Jewellery and Watches, News

NORWEGIAN JEWELLERY HOUSE Tom Wood has unveiled two new collections for autumn/winter in the form of Pebble and Tuboga. As captured on the streets of Tokyo in a street-style campaign, we see the meeting of the...

Glass gets a first class experience at Ritz Carlton Fukuoka, Tokyo

Sophie Richardson

April 29, 2024

Asia, Feature, Japan, Travel

LOCATED within the Fukuoka Daimyo Garden City complex in the central ward of Tenjin, Tokyo, The Ritz-Carlton is one of Kyushu’s newest luxury getaway locations. Keen to discover the impressive addition to ...

Glass dwells amongst the bright lights of Tokyo at the Shangri-La

Ben Sanderson

March 25, 2024

Asia, Feature, Japan, Travel

AFTER travelling through the infectious energy and colour of Tokyo, I arrive at my residence for the next few days, a stronghold of glass panelling and earthy hues that fuses modernity with complete serenity. ...

Bottega Veneta explores playfulness and craft with its fourth fanzine

Sophie Richardson

March 12, 2024

Books, Fashion, News

LAUNCHING its latest, limited-edition fanzine, Bottega Veneta continues to spotlight the importance of print publications in a progressively digital world. Depicting the creative process behind Matthieu Blazy’...

Valentino Vintage returns for 2023 with seven global stores

Alicia Tomkinson

April 21, 2023

Fashion, News

FIRST launched in 2021, Valentino now expands its unique experience of a second-hand initiative to seven vintage stores in selected cities across the world including Milan, Paris, London, Los Angeles, New York,...

Glass talks to a Japanese artist Yuataka Inagawa on his solo exhibition at The MOU Onomichi City University Museum

Glass talks to Japanese artist Yutaka Inagawa on his solo exhibition

Zlata Kryudor

December 1, 2022

Art, Exhibitions, Feature

WITH the essence of contradiction at its core focus, Yutaka Inagawa continues to explore the realms of the creative medium in both art and its presentation. eASY mECHANISM |符と思う is an exhibition that notably ex...

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo unveils Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams exhibition

Zlata Kryudor

October 13, 2022

Exhibitions, Fashion, Japan, News

FOLLOWING its immense worldwide success from December 21 to May 28, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo will welcome the historically well-loved exhibition, Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams. Revealing the...

LOEWE FW22 campaign model: Nijiro Murakami photographer: Ryu Ika

Loewe unveil their star-studded menswear AW22 campaign set in Japan

Alicia Tomkinson

July 28, 2022

Fashion, Menswear, News

LOEWE reveal their new AW22 campaign in collaboration with retailer GR8, one of Japan’s most cutting-edge boutiques. Capturing the urban creative scene of the city, through a 30-second short film set in Tokyo’s...

Dior to host a series of international pop-up stores celebrating the Dioriviera capsule

Ben Sanderson

June 6, 2022

Fashion, News

THE DIOR summer capsule, which celebrates international travel - specifically in the age of the post-pandemic world - will be enhanced with a series of themed pop-up stores across the globe, as well as digitall...

The Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi

Designer Jean-Michel Gathy completes Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi

Rhiannon Jenkins

September 8, 2020

News, Travel

THE Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi is now open, offering expansive views of Tokyo’s Imperial Palace. Under the masterful touch of Jean-Michel Gathy, legendary principle designer at the award-winning hospi...

Glass presents Bulgari Bulgari Cities Special Edition 2020

Imogen Clark

May 13, 2020

Fashion, Jewellery and Watches, Menswear, News

THE Bulgari Bulgari Cities Special Edition 2020 has been released featuring the newest succession of the jeweller's definitive style reimagining it this year as the ultimate sports watch. The design aligns with...

Glass reviews Billy Monk’s photographs of the outcasts of apartheid at The Container in Tokyo

Peter Yeoh

December 24, 2019

Art, Feature, Photography

Glass reviews Billy Monk: Defiance and Decadence Under Apartheid at The Container in Tokyo, and discusses the exhibition with its curator, Shai Ohayon AT A glance, you might think Billy Monk shot the photogr...

Glass enjoys a luxurious escape from the city at The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

Amanda Bernstein

December 9, 2019

Asia, Feature, Japan, Travel

TOKYO will be catapulted into the limelight over the next 12 months – and for good reason. As in summer 2020, Tokyo will host the 2020 Olympics where over 600,000 overseas visitors are anticipated to head to th...

Pierre Hardy celebrates their 20th anniversary this September

Alicia Pountney

July 22, 2019

Fashion, News

REINVENTING the original stiletto, the Blade heel from Pierre Hardy’s first collection makes a return this September for the brand’s 20th Anniversary. Considered one of the most influential shoe designers of...

Bottega Veneta opens Flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo

Lupe Baeyens

December 8, 2018

Fashion, News

THE Italian luxury brand Bottega Veneta opens the doors to their biggest store to date in the fashionable shopping district of Ginza in Tokyo. The six-storey flagship store will showcase the finest luxu...

Glass discovers the magic of the Aman Tokyo hotel – Urban Scale with Comfort

Vanessa Xinyi Mao

April 20, 2018

Asia, Feature, Japan, Travel

BASED IN Tokyo’s financial district Ōtemachi, the Aman Tokyo hotel amazes guests by its immense scale and balanced design, providing unbelievable luxury comfort on the top floors of the 38-story Ōtemachi Tower,...

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