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11 Mar
One of the most evocatively beautiful restaurants I have seen in a long time is Hei Fung Terrace, the Peninsula Tokyo’s Cantonese restaurant....
7 Mar
One of the loveliest of the ryokans I saw in Japan last week was Beniya Mukayu in the spa town of Yamashiro, Ishikawa Prefecture. A Relais...
6 Mar
One of the sweetest experiences of this week was an intimate tea ceremony with Tea Master Kazunari Nakamichi, proprietor of Beniya Mukayu, in...
5 Mar
2.5 hours from Kyoto is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture, Kanazawa. A small city known for its deep history of culture and the sophistication...
4 Mar
Early March in Kyoto can be cold and rainy as it is today. If a place can look as beautiful and feel as bewitching under these circumstances...
3 Mar
Toto for sure… Who doesn’t love a friendly loo that promises a warm bum. And the scale of furnishings, so low to the ground, suits...
2 Mar
A 500-year old Shinto shrine at the foot of the new Prudential Financial building in central Tokyo.
2 Mar
A day in Tokyo that brought together Buddhism, a pocket garden, Mitsukoshi’s remarkable Food Court and my pretty impressive sushi lunch...
1 Mar
Just behind the serenely beautiful Capitol Hotel Tokyu where I am staying is a charming Japanese Garden and an old Shinto Shrine. An early riser,...
26 Feb
The current show at New York’s The Jewish Museum, The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936-1951, is a wonderful portrait....
23 Feb
Tell me the stories. Speak to me of the past, that I might better appreciate the now. Repeat for me the orations and whispered conversations...
17 Feb
Located in a bit of Scottish paradise on the shores of Loch Dunvegan in the Isle of Skye, The Three Chimneys is one of those sweet spots to...
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