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Tag Archives: Japanese
Getting the full Japanese experience – in Bangkok
Thailand’s capital, especially the central area of Sukhumvit, is home to a large Japanese community and has some fantastic Japanese bars and restaurants
Stairway to heaven: hiking ancient pilgrimage trails in southern Japan
Mountainous Kumano is the holy ground of Japan and pilgrims have been trekking there for centuries. Shrines, mist, forests and waterfalls combine to create an entrancing hike
Make it a Muji holiday: lifestyle brand to open two hotels in China
Japanese homeware company Muji plans to extend its minimal design concept into the hospitality sector with the launch of hotels in Beijing and Shenzhen
Vegging out: why eating Okinawa-style is the healthy option
Okinawa in Japan is fabled for its residents’ longevity. A fact attributed to a diet of ‘major on vegetables, minor on meat’. Now the island’s restaurants are making it available to visitors, too
Japan’s food halls: the perfect place to pick up presents and picnics
Japanese department stores are places of wonder, where staff greet customers with low bows and the basements are temples to elaborately packaged delights
In the pink: Osaka and Kyoto’s cherry blossom beauty – in pictures
Japan’s sakura (cherry blossom) season gave photographer Will Fearon plenty to contemplate and capture on his travels through the country
Instagram snapshots: Tokyo’s places of worship
Showing a different side to Tokyo, Belfast-born photographer Conor MacNeill turns his lens on the striking architecture and stunning interiors of a mosque, cathedral and temple
‘See you down the izakaya’: pubs, Japan style
Tokyo’s taverns are tiny, sometimes raucous places for after-work drinking and great Japanese bar food
Japan’s food artisans: in pursuit of perfection
The secret to Japanese food is specialising in one thing and doing it perfectly.
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