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Hospitality

Magnetic fields

Just an hour’s drive from Japan’s capital is a secluded stay where guests can get back to nature.

  • Issue #166
  • 8 min read
Two visitors walk through Kurkku Fields' gardens with a distinctive tent-like structure amid lush greenery and sunflowers
Culture

Takeshi Kobayashi

Japanese pop star Takeshi Kobayashi owns several restaurants in Tokyo and has his own farm, so the soba restaurant he chose for his ‘last meal’ was bound to be good.

  • Issue #55
  • 7 min read
Takeshi Kobayashi

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