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Kyoto has hundreds of Shinto shrines located throughout the central city and in the surrounding mountains and southern districts, usually denoted by a simple but distinctive torii gate. Shinto …
Kyoto Tourist Map – Kyoto Map English Higashiyama Higashiyama is named for the Eastern Mountains that form a natural green eastern border along Kyoto’s great city basin. The Higashiyama …
Traditionally, a Japanese machiya “town house” was a merchant’s place of work and residence, typically with minimal street frontage to cut costs, the business area occupying the front of …
The French eventually abandoned their civilizing mission in Cambodia and turned their attention to exploiting the country instead. As a punishment for Cambodian stubbornness, the French made little effort …
The report of Chou Ta-Kuan about the customs of the people of Chenla (Cambodia), which you are reading, is one of the priceless documents on Cambodian history. It is …
As a nation, Cambodia appears to be less receptive to social changes, especially those imposed by outsiders. The greatest forces to resist social changes were and are the Cambodian …
The city of Kyoto features the country’s finest concentration of traditional Japanese gardens. Kyoto’s exceptional examples of the best of the Japanese gardening arts include gardens of refined simplicity …
GET ON THE KIM-JONG ALES! I found a quote from a North Korean chap who said, “There is no other beer in the world that tastes better than Taedonggang.” …
For the devilishly delicious Golden Ale In 1958, a recipe was developed for a new beer at the Moortgat Brewery in Breendonk, 15 miles (24km) north of Brussels. The …
Saison Dupont is held up as the textmy blog-defining’ beer of its style. It’s a near-untouchable beer, something that no other brewer dares to replicate, and a beer that …