Room Service
Summer, 2026
The performance artist Lily Yurika takes us inside the lost art of Tokyo’s love hotels—and the dreamlike world they unlock.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JASMIJN VAN BUYTENE
I’M AGAINST SQUARES,” Lily Yurika says. “I like free thinkers. I like artists.” In her movement-based work, the Japanese British performance artist, who was raised in Japan and lives in Tokyo, tries to circumvent the rigid mores and conventions of her home...
