Fiona Wilson reporting from Tottori, Japan: To run a great hotel, sometimes all you need to do is leave well alone. Fortunately the owners of Toukouen have let their 1960s architectural hot property mellow with age.
The world’s largest hourglass seemed a fitting piece of public art for Japan's Tottori: the western prefecture’s seaside sand dunes are its biggest tourist attraction. But the Tottori Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s…
In Japan, if you’re not doing ‘rajio taiso’ you’re either dead or you’ve slept in. Millions of Japanese rise early every morning to get together and do radio exercises – the rest do them at work.
We fork out for a fantastically big bento and then walk it off with the help of Karl Marx. Jane Goodall, meanwhile, gets down to (monkey) business and shares a few cheeky anecdotes.
Japan’s long-distance trains are entering a new era of luxury and innovation. Monocle visits the industrial and interior designers who are redefining train travel.
