Kanae Hasegawa is a Tokyo-based journalist specializing in Japanese architecture, craftsmanship, and travel. With more than two decades of experience covering the design world, she has contributed to the Financial Times, T Magazine Japan, and Harper’s Bazaar Japan, among other publications. Her reporting has taken her into the studios of Japan’s leading architects, including Tadao Ando, Kengo Kuma, and Sou Fujimoto as well as the workshops of artisans preserving and reinventing the country’s traditional crafts. She is a contributing editor at FT “How to Spend It” and the author of Living in a Japanese House (Phaidon, 2026).