Trunk(Hotel) Sapporo: Tokyo's coolest boutique brand heads to Hokkaido in 2027
Trunk(Hotel) Sapporo opens September 2027 as the Tokyo brand's first hotel outside the capital, with 89 rooms,...
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Travel stories from across Asia, by country, gathered from 25 publications and rewritten as short briefs with the original reporting credited. Last story added 37 minutes ago.
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Resorts, Hotels & New Openings
Adventure & Outdoor Travel
The 2010 Annapurna Rescue That Rewrote High-Altitude Helicoptering
How a 2010 longline rescue at 7,000m on Annapurna saved three climbers, changed Himalayan rescues forever, and...
Unusual & Undiscovered Destinations
Kubizuka: The Tokyo Shrine Where a Warrior's Head Still (Allegedly) Glowers
Tokyo's kubizuka shrines hold the severed heads of executed samurai, meant to calm vengeful spirits. Masakado'...
Resorts, Hotels & New Openings
Sleep Tourism Gets Serious at The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo
Inside The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo Resort, where sleep tourism meets eco-design: Heavenly Beds, lavender ba...
Unusual & Undiscovered Destinations
Kenting's Sunny Shores Hide a Forgotten US Military Defeat
The 1867 Formosa Expedition: how 180 US Marines failed against Paiwan fighters near Cape Eluanbi, and what tha...
Travel & Airline News
Elderly Men's Fatal Fight in Yakushima Shocks a Quiet Island Town
An 84-year-old man was arrested after a fatal early-morning assault on Yakushima, Kagoshima — a rare violent i...
Resorts, Hotels & New Openings
Aman Seoul: the ultra-luxury brand is finally coming to South Korea
Aman Seoul will be the brand's first South Korean property, combining a hotel, residences and Aman Club in Gan...
Unusual & Undiscovered Destinations
The Second World War Diary Stitched in Secret onto a Hong Kong Bedsheet
Day Joyce stitched a secret WWII diary into a bedsheet while interned at Hong Kong's Stanley Camp. Her remarka...
Travel & Airline News
Search for 140 missing after Indonesian ferry overturns in rough Java Sea
About 140 people are missing after the Virgo Transport 8 ferry overturned in the Java Sea en route from Suraba...
Adventure & Outdoor Travel
Gen Z's 'All In' travel mindset: what a Sri Lanka trip taught five twenty-somethings about being present
What Gen Z travellers learned about going 'All In' in Sri Lanka — surfing in Hiriketiya, Kandy home cooking an...
Travel & Airline News
Kaçkar by UTMB grows to 2,000 runners as Rize bets big on trail-running tourism
Kaçkar by UTMB drew 2,000 runners from 60+ countries to Rize's Ayder Plateau. What the race, and Türkiye's tra...
Adventure & Outdoor Travel
Rick Steves on Afghanistan in 1978: The Hippie Trail Journey That Can Never Be Repeated
Rick Steves revisits his 1978 Hippie Trail crossing of Afghanistan — Herat, Kabul, the Khyber Pass — and the e...
Inspiration & Trip Ideas
Make shoyu chicken ramen at home: the 30-minute bowl that tastes like Tokyo
A shoyu chicken ramen recipe from NZ Herald Travel: a quick Japanese-style noodle bowl with jammy eggs, bok ch...