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42 results for Nagano

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Slow lanes

15 September 2011

The beautifully preserved town of Obuse in Nagano prefecture is home to old sake breweries and silk farms. It’s also where we parade this season’s womenswear.

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Those wishing to follow the growing global trend for simple, ecologically sound living could have no better example than Professor Yoshifumi Nakamura and his weekend haven, tucked away in the hills of Japan’s Nagano region…

Monocle Minute

In hot water

26 January 2017

Weather is difficult to predict; earthquakes are even harder. Now Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) is being sued by the families of five people who died when Mount Ontake – a 3,000-metre volcano on the border of the…

Monocle Minute

Hunger games

20 February 2017

Here’s a way to help the planet at your next canapés-and-cocktails party: eat the food. At least, that’s the message of 30.10 (san-maru-ichi-maru), a new Japanese Environment Ministry campaign designed to help cut down…

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It’s a wrap

15 September 2011

A leafy getaway spot in central Japan is the backdrop to our autumn menswear shoot. Here’s our pick of warm coats and jackets and knitwear to keep you cosy as temperatures begin to fall.

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Pure and simple

16 November 2017

We talk to Sumie about her subtle second album, a quiet triumph of wistful restraint.

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Architecture/Design

17 March 2007

Inspiring ideas from floating houses to bendy benches.

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Perfect host

24 January 2014

Norikazu Suzuki wants his restaurant to be home to good food and good times.

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Simply the best

17 February 2014

Cucina Hirata restaurant in Tokyo doesn’t over-think Italian cuisine’s main strengths: quality, simplicity and freshness.

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Moveable feast

19 March 2015

Defying geography is a theme this month with Nordic style in Milan, a US coffee shop opening in Tokyo and gin distilled in Berlin. Stir in Turkish craft beer plus Brazilian kisses and you have a culinary cocktail that is…

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Inventory no. 12

17 March 2008

A Japanese inn special: the Masuichi Kyakuden Brewery hotel in Obuse, plus our great spring gift guide.

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Piggy in the middle

19 November 2019

After footage of a boar attacking a man in Fukuoka emerged, the city felt compelled to respond. Monocle’s Kenji Hall joins a patrol.

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Design/Architecture

17 October 2012

The For Stockists design and craft fair in Tokyo, a rehab centre in the Netherlands and a newly revamped medical faculty in Peru.

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Space station

17 October 2008

Retired architect Shigemi Asano teamed up with Tezuka Architects to create a home that marries modernity with local tradition. Inside, Asano has stripped it of all but the most essential of belongings, leaving the views of…

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Beer in mind

16 February 2012

High taxes and rigid regulation have made it a tough sell for Japan’s artisan beer makers. But increasingly astute drinkers are starting to appreciate the superior quality product micro-breweries have to offer.

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Cartoon networks

18 January 2018

Drawing on a quirky cast of animated characters, Line has become Asia’s dominant messaging app. CEO Takeshi Idezawa tells us how.