but their high-end sound systems and even more highfalutin aesthetic draw from a much more humble practice: the Japanese “jazz kissa,” an unpretentious, no-frills bar offering cheap drinks and ...

At its peak, Japan had more than 600 such ... But the cafe also has a modern aesthetic, and attracts a college-aged crowd with experimental jazz records pumping from the speakers, live ...

A stylist told Business Insider the jazz aesthetic is close to the quiet luxury aesthetic. She contributed this rise to the return of the "classy night out." Following on from the mob wife ...

Simplicity and purity are the hallmarks of Japanese aesthetics, and Karasawa’s Oregon clients desire the less-is-more approach also championed by early modernists like architects Ludwig Mies van ...

“Okaru infuses both a raw and refined design sensibility with Japandi style, blending the sleek modern aesthetic of Scandinavian style with the function and elegance of Japanese,” according to ...