りんごやさくらんぼ、もも、ぶどうなどの産地で「くだものの里」と呼ばれる長野・松川。日本アルプスの山々に囲まれた風光明媚の町にはあちらこちらに果樹園が軒を連ねる。そんなくだもの畑の中に週末限定のレストランがオープン。季節ごとに景色が美しい農園で、地の食材を使った本格フレンチを味わおう。

日本家屋における扉や窓に用いる建具のひとつである障子は、古来より日本家屋独特の仄暗さや陰影の美を演出するものとして日本の建築文化の象徴的な存在でした。そんな障子は格子に組んだ木の枠に細い桟（組子）を組み、その片面に紙を張ったものです。組子によってさまざまなデザインがあります。今回はいろいろなデザインの障子を紹介したいと思います。

How many of you have spent hours of your childhood playing in these sand-based playgrounds with local-styled designs? Many of them, built in the late seventies, are the works of Khor Ean Ghee (born…

Photographer Edmund Sumner has shared with us his photos of this house by Matharoo Associates in Ahmadabad, India, featuring shutters weighted with concrete balls. Called The House with Balls, the building was designed for the owner of an aquarium shop and houses four huge tanks for breeding fish. It also doubles as a weekend retreat. The long narrow main room is lined on both sides by shutters,..

Thanks to a microbiologist turned kombucha guru, we learnt how to make saké: brewing saké at home is not an easy process, but here's a step-by-step guide.

Image 17 of 37 from gallery of Tragata / Hiboux + Studio Genua. Photograph by Marianna Xyntaraki