"I became a minimalist so I could let things I truly liked surface in my life." Inspiration for Japan's minimalists came from the United States, where early adherents included Steve Jobs.

Many modern minimalist homes in Japan are influenced by shrines and temples as a result. Here are some of the most beautiful and most intriguing. Peninsula House (Credit: Kenichi Suzuki) ...

Rooms at Nobu’s Japanese-style Malibu inn are minimalist in style and pricey — $1,100 to $2,000 a night By Mary Forgione April 13, 2017 6 AM PT ...

Japanese firm, TAPO Architects have unveiled the Sakura Villa, a sophisticated minimalist home design that features a simple mono-pitched roof with a charred timber exterior and bright white interior.

Inspired by the minimalist Japanese aesthetic, this bob is worn short—often at jawline, sometimes even above—with a clean nape and, as a chic bonus, full, straight bangs for those who want to ...

Tokyo-based architecture firm Kengo Kuma and Associates made its own, minimalist version of Lego bricks. I’m going to say something blasphemous: Lego bricks are ugly. Don’t get me wrong.

Fumio Sasaki's one-room Tokyo apartment is so stark friends liken it to an interrogation room. He owns three shirts, four pairs of trousers, four pairs of socks and a meagre scattering of various ...

REUTERS/Thomas Peter [1/9]Clothes hang in a wardrobe in the home of minimalist Saeko Kushibiki in Fujisawa, south of Tokyo, Japan, March 31, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Purchase Licensing Rights ...