Tokyo
Day Trips From Tokyo That Aren't Kyoto
Everyone knows you can take the bullet train to Kyoto. Here are the day trips that actual Tokyo residents take when they need to escape the city for a few hours.
Publisher
Wellness
Meditation Retreats Near Asian Cities: Silence Within Reach
You don't need to trek to a mountain monastery. Some of Asia's best meditation retreats are a two-hour train ride from downtown, and they'll change how you hear silence.
Food & Drink
Food Halls in Asia Are Replacing Both Fast Food and Fine Dining
The food hall promised to combine the quality of independent restaurants with the convenience of a food court. In Asia, that promise is actually being kept.
Japan
The Onsen Experience: A Foreigner's Guide to Japanese Hot Springs
You will be naked. Everyone else will be naked. The water will be too hot. You will think about leaving. Thirty minutes later, you will understand why Japan has built an entire culture around sitting in hot water.
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai for Digital Nomads Who've Outgrown Bali
Chiang Mai was a digital nomad hub before the phrase existed. Now that the nomad gold rush has passed, something more interesting is emerging.
Art
Street Art in Asian Cities: Walls That Talk Back
Asian street art exists in a space between government permission and creative rebellion, and that tension produces work that's more interesting than either impulse alone.
Shopping
Concept Stores in Asia That Actually Deserve the Label
Most 'concept stores' are regular shops with better lighting and a higher markup. These twelve across Asia are the real thing.
Seoul
Winter in Seoul: The Cold Makes Everything Better
At -10°C, with wind whipping down from the Bukhansan ridgeline, Seoul becomes a city of heated floors, street-food steam, and the particular beauty of a modern metropolis in serious cold.
Shopping
Malls vs. Markets: The Battle for Asia's Shopping Soul
The mall offers climate control, escalators, and the comforting fiction that all choices have been curated for you. The market offers chaos, discovery, and the possibility that you'll find something you didn't know you wanted.
Co-Living
Co-Living in Asian Cities: Shared Spaces for a Solitary Generation
The pitch is simple: a private bedroom, shared kitchen and living room, organized community events, and the implicit promise that you won't eat dinner alone every night.
Mumbai
Monsoon Season in Mumbai: Finding Beauty in the Downpour
For three months every year, Mumbai becomes a city of water. The streets flood, the trains halt, and something extraordinary happens to the light.
Bangkok
Fine Dining in Bangkok: Why Thailand's Capital Punches Above Every Weight Class
Forget what you think you know about Bangkok food being exclusively cheap street food. The city's fine dining scene is now arguably the most exciting in Asia.