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  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    Travel
    As Japan’s borders reopen, Pico Iyer returns to a magical island of art

    The long-awaited lifting of the ban on foreign tourists coincides with the launch of striking new works — and a new hotel — on Naoshima Island

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Five of the best bean-to-bar chocolate makers in Tokyo

    Here’s where to find chocolate at its purest — and all crafted by pioneering artisans — in the Japanese capital

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    Travel
    Dubai’s resurrected ‘World’ archipelago gets its first hotel

    The trophy real-estate project was mothballed in the financial crisis. Now a Maldives-style Anantara resort aims to put the islands back on the map

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Five of Singapore’s best places for brunch with a difference

    An ex-British army barracks, an old-world shophouse and key locations for plane and superyacht spotters all offer refreshing twists to the city-state’s classic weekend dining experience

  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
    Travel
    The King’s Highway: Jordan’s ancient artery of civilisation

    A journey along the country’s spine, in the footsteps of John the Baptist and TE Lawrence

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    12 glorious highlights in Tokyo’s constellation of starchitecture

    An ever-shifting canvas for Japan’s world-leading architects, the city is dotted with examples of their mind-bending vision — from stadiums and subway stations to a cake shop and public loos

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Greener getaways: Nikoi and Cempedak, two eco-paradises off Singapore

    In the first of a new FT Globetrotter series on sustainable escapes in and around our destination cities, we sail an hour south of Singapore to a duo of sublime private-island resorts that privilege renewability, the environment and community engagement

  • Monday, 18 April, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    A culinary tour of Hong Kong with chef Simon Rogan

    The British superchef shares his highlights of the HK food scene, from mooncakes to Michelin stardom — via the best fried chicken in town and creative odes to classic Cantonese cooking

  • Sunday, 10 April, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    A day of design inspiration in Singapore with hotelier Gaurang Jhunjhnuwala  

    For the CEO of boutique hospitality group Naumi Hotels, the city-state’s sleek 1930s architecture, vibrant Arab Street and colourful temples all feed his creativity — and its eateries whet his appetite

  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    HTSIHow to pitch it this summer
    Four of Hong Kong’s most intriguing heritage hikes

    Step back in time on these historical trails that take in overgrown wartime ruins, incredible feats of Victorian engineering and an ancient stone circle

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    HTSI
    Cult Shop: for Tokyo’s stationery dreamers

    Kakimori’s in-house ink shop – where you can create your own unique colour – ticks all the write boxes

  • Sunday, 6 February, 2022
    Travel
    Alone in Kyoto: Pico Iyer on a winter without tourists

    The writer has been visiting the city for more than 30 years — but the last few months have offered a fresh perspective

  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    FT readers: the spaces that make you feel good in your city

    We asked you to share your ‘happy places’ around the world — and you’ve whisked us everywhere from an Alaskan ice-cream parlour to a Singaporean Eden, via a magical Roman ruin . . . 

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    ‘Womenomics’ pioneer Kathy Matsui’s guide to Tokyo

    One of Asia’s top financial executives — whose groundbreaking work on gender parity helped shape Japanese government policy — highlights Tokyo’s female game-changers in the fields of art, design and food

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    FT GlobetrotterCities on screen
    Cities on screen: seven snapshots of Singapore

    A landscape in constant flux plays a key role in these portraits of both the light and dark sides of Singaporean society

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    Many happy returns: the city spaces that bring joy to our correspondents and writers

    Be it New York subway trains, a Frankfurt bakery or a Tokyo karaoke joint, these are the spots that never fail to uplift the FT’s globetrotters

  • Tuesday, 4 January, 2022
    FT SeriesWellbeing and fitness: the most rewarding runs in the world
    Four of Hong Kong’s most rewarding long-distance runs

    From waterfronts to mountain peaks, these routes for runners of all levels take in a giant golden egg, Buddhas big and small . . .  and the occasional cow

  • Monday, 27 December, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    Cities on screen

    In this series from FT Globetrotter, our film critic selects the best movies in which the city plays a starring role

  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
    HTSI
    Soak up the hot springs in Nozawa Onsen

    A mountain village in Japan’s Nagano prefecture provides a perfect winter getaway

  • Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
    FT GlobetrotterCities on screen
    The best films to take you to Hong Kong

    It might be best known for its frenetic action cinema, but lush love stories, stylised portraits of a long-gone world and riotous domestic comedy are all part of the big picture too

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    FT GlobetrotterCities on screen
    Tokyo drift: the best movies to spirit you away to the Japanese capital

    A Kurosawa crime thriller, a Soviet sci-fi epic and a wild anime reimagining of the Nativity are among the classics that take our film critic to Tokyo

  • Saturday, 20 November, 2021
    Jo Ellison
    Dipping a toe back into Dubai

    After 30 years away, returning to the Gulf city shows that despite the breakneck development, some things never change

  • Thursday, 4 November, 2021
    Africa holidays
    In Tanzania, a Robinson-Crusoe retreat offers hospitality and hope

    Just off Zanzibar, Chumbe Island is a small but successful model of how tourism and conservation can work together

  • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
    Travel
    All aboard for a cruise to nowhere

    In tightly restricted Hong Kong, ‘seacations’ — round-trip jaunts into international waters — are proving popular, but do they offer a sense of escape or underline the city’s isolation?

  • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
    FT Globetrotter
    Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura — Tokyo’s hottest new restaurant

    Contemporary Italian and Japanese cuisine flirt to exquisite effect — in gorgeous, glamorous surrounds — at the celebrated Italian chef’s latest outpost

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