Tokyo
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Final check out
News that Tokyo’s iconic 1960s Hotel Okura is to be reconstructed has been met with outrage. While Tokyo's changing skyline is what makes it special, such demolitions threaten its architectural history.
Food
From coffee in Mexico City to fine dining in Beirut and the best bars and restaurants Paris has to offer, Monocle's June table is spread here and over the page.
Expo 73: Club scene
A safe haven for journalists, foreign correspondents’ clubs have gone out of fashion in most corners of the world. We visit three clubs that still hold their own: in Tokyo, Bangkok and Hong Kong.
Junko Shimada
When she’s not busy working on designs for her label or spending time in her beloved Paris, Junko Shimada loves to eat at Sunaba in Tokyo.
Asia
The challenges facing Tokyo's new governor, a Q&A with the man responsible for protecting the Philippines from climate change and a dispatch on Korea
Expo 72: Blooms or bust
Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market might be the city’s must-see for tourists but it’s the Japanese capital’s flower market that’s a thing of beauty and big business.
Simply the best
Cucina Hirata restaurant in Tokyo doesn’t over-think Italian cuisine’s main strengths: quality, simplicity and freshness.
The art of simplicity
Luxury cosmetics brand Three needed an Aoyama space to echo its understated image. Monocle meets the architects and creative team behind the shop, spa and restaurant that has resulted from the brief.
