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Hospitality

Growing strong

Minagarten, a green retail and residential development, offers locals and visitors everything from delicious pastries to calligraphy workshops.

  • Issue #165
  • 8 min read
Six people in aprons standing together outside glass greenhouse-style building at Minagarten development
Travel and restaurants

Orders of merit

From a buzzy Berlin food hall to a Japanese lunch legend’s fresh start, we round up the pick of the new culinary openings, flavoured with a lip-smacking recipe for crispy chicken.

  • Issue #150
  • 8 min read
Four people wearing aprons standing together smiling in front of floral wallpaper and boat drawings
Travel and restaurants

Time to get going

While many were grounded, the travel industry has been gently gearing up. Here are some new developments that you might have missed. We start our tour at a citrus-strewn island hotel in Japan.

  • Issue #146
  • 11 min read
Time to get going
Business

Get a move on

From a cosy town in eastern France to easygoing Hiroshima, we’ve visited three compact cities with nature on their doorsteps that offer big business potential and quality of life.

  • The Entrepreneurs #1
  • 17 min read
Get a move on
Culture

The sweet spot

With each Japanese household spending thousands of yen a year on cakes and sweets, confectionery is big business in Japan and nothing in the sweet-tooth calendar is bigger than the National Expo.

  • Issue #65
  • 5 min read
Kashinari-kun and Sweets-hime

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