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Review: At Hoshinoya Kyoto, life as art

Review: At Hoshinoya Kyoto, life as art

KYOTO, Japan – There are certain spots in the world where, as (in)famous Irish wit, thinker and author Oscar Wilde put it, life imitates art. Not figuratively, but literally. Places that, although beautiful in and of themselves, seem even more so to the observer because they recall a particular work or style of art, or [...]

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Slideshow: Postcards from Kyoto

Slideshow: Postcards from Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan — To spend a day or two in lovely Kyoto, a treasure trove of Japanese culture, tradition and history, is to step back in time and relive — to an appreciable, agreeable degree — the days of the legendary shogunate. Whether it’s sipping the lucky waters of the Otowa waterfall at stunning,500-year-old Kiyomizu [...]

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Gettin’ some gemutlichkeit: Day 2

Recently, treKKen’ headed overseas to southwestern Germany for a 10-day, culinary- and culture-themed trek from Mainz to Lake Constance, with stops in Freiburg, Stuttgart, Hohenzollern Castle and other towns, cities, vineyards and sightseeing spots well-known, and less so, across the Black Forest, the Schwabische Alb (Swabian Alps) and the states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wurttemberg. [...]

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