In Japan, one station name can mean three buildings run by four companies. How to tell which one you're standing in, and what your IC card does between them. JP: 同じ駅名、別の駅――梅田・難波・浅草で迷わない
Almost all of China's coffee is grown in Yunnan. In Kunming, small roasters brew beans from Pu'er and Baoshan with the patience usually kept for tea. CN: 昆明的咖啡:从普洱山坡到街角吧台
A hot-spring valley above Kanazawa took a festival from an anime and kept it. On an ordinary day it is a bathhouse, a river and a shrine stair. JP: 湯涌温泉、『花咲くいろは』が借りた山あいの湯
From the One Pillar Gate to the side door of the main hall, these are the quiet rules regulars follow at a Korean Buddhist temple. Visitors learn them by watching. KO: 가운데 문은 비워 두고: 한국 절을 걷는 법
At the foot of Seolhwasan, a clan village where families still live behind five kilometres of dry-stone walls, two hours south of Seoul on Line 1. KO: 아산 외암마을, 지하철로 가는 조선의 돌담길
From the One Pillar Gate to the side door of the main hall, these are the quiet rules regulars follow at a Korean Buddhist temple. Visitors learn them by watching. KO: 가운데 문은 비워 두고: 한국 절을 걷는 법
In Japan, one station name can mean three buildings run by four companies. How to tell which one you're standing in, and what your IC card does between them. JP: 同じ駅名、別の駅――梅田・難波・浅草で迷わない
A hot-spring valley above Kanazawa took a festival from an anime and kept it. On an ordinary day it is a bathhouse, a river and a shrine stair. JP: 湯涌温泉、『花咲くいろは』が借りた山あいの湯
A film crew built a Tang capital in Hubei. A short taxi ride away stands a real walled city with a moat, a north gate on the Han River, and beef noodles served with morning wine. CN: 襄阳唐城:为一部电影建起的长安
Fruit in cellophane, two hands, a refusal that isn't one. How a small gift changes hands at a Chinese front door, and the puns to step around. CN: 推辞两次的礼物:上门送礼的分寸
At the foot of Seolhwasan, a clan village where families still live behind five kilometres of dry-stone walls, two hours south of Seoul on Line 1. KO: 아산 외암마을, 지하철로 가는 조선의 돌담길
Almost all of China's coffee is grown in Yunnan. In Kunming, small roasters brew beans from Pu'er and Baoshan with the patience usually kept for tea. CN: 昆明的咖啡:从普洱山坡到街角吧台