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Mimeguri Shrine in Tokyo, Japan

December 11, 2024

Nestled in the Mukojima neighborhood in the shadow of the towering Tokyo Skytree, Mimeguri Shrine is an unassuming Shinto place of worship, but the first thing you’ll see as you enter the grounds is a bronze statue of a lion couchant. It’s a replica of the Trafalgar Square lion—but what’s it doing in a shrine far from London? The lion, to the general Japanese public, is better known as a symbol of Mitsukoshi, the oldest department store in Japan....

Kamegaoka Stone Age Site in Tsugaru, Japan

December 10, 2024

One of the most iconic artifacts of ancient Japan is the Shakōki-dogū (“goggle-eyed clay idol”), which was found at the Kamegaoka archaeological site in Aomori Prefecture in 1887 and is held at the Tokyo National Museum today. The image often represents the Japanese Neolithic as a whole. The Kamegaoka site was discovered in 1622 when the local daimyo found a large hoard of pottery and clay figurines during the construction of his castle. It is believed that “Kamegaoka ware”...

Pizza Hut Taiwan Knows It’s Making Italians...

December 10, 2024

Whenever Pizza Hut Taiwan releases a new flavor, the internet braces itself. In my decade covering the island’s food scene, I’ve noticed few dishes spark as much excitement—and outrage—as their pies. One commenter on Reddit called their 2022 scalloped pizza with Oreos around the edge, and deep-fried chicken and calamari studded throughout the middle, “a crime against humanity.” Another called the 2023 April Fools’ special, a ring made out of dough with nothing in the middle, “dumb.” The Oreo-crusted...

Villa Rundle Gardens Musical Benches in Victoria,...

December 10, 2024

Located on the east side of Victoria (Rabat) in the center of the island of Gozo, Villa Rundle Gardens is a lush park that offers a nice retreat from the city’s hectic streets. The park also features multiple amenities including a playground and bathrooms, and it is often used as an outdoor performance venue. However, visitors can still experience Malta’s musical offerings even when no performances are scheduled in the park. Six black benches around the park feature plaques...

Can Culleretes in Barcelona, Spain

December 10, 2024

Can Culleteres is Barcelona’s oldest restaurant, opened in 1786. Its interior reflects this age via faded murals, bright Portuguese-style tiles, and signed portraits of famous guests. Yet ask a native of Barcelona about the restaurant, and it’s likely he or she will conjure up a pasta dish. Trade with Italy and later an influx of Italian laborers meant a longstanding culinary exchange between Catalonia and Italy. One of the most iconic examples of this is canelons, a Catalan take...

Granja M. Viader in Barcelona, Spain

December 10, 2024

It’s Barcelona, in the late 19th century, and you’re craving a glass of milk. Where do you go? Most likely you’ll head to a granja. In Catalan, the word means “farm,” but it also eventually came to refer to businesses that sold milk, typically with cows on-site. M. Viader, founded in 1870, is one of Barcelona’s oldest granjas. It’s also one of the city’s most progressive. Realizing the sanitary downsides of having cows in their increasingly urban backyard, the...

Tioumliline Monastery in Azrou, Morocco

December 10, 2024

The forest surrounding the town of Azrou is home to countless cedar trees, a large number of Barbary macaques, and one semi-abandoned monastery. The name of this monastery is White Stones, or, in the Amazigh language, Tioumliline (sometimes spelled Toumliline). The complex includes a chapel, the monks’ cells, the refectory, the school, and a few other buildings now mainly used for storage. A little further uphill, there is a tiny cemetery where five monks are buried. The history of...

Nussknackermuseum Neuhausen in Neuhausen, Germany

December 10, 2024

In the small town of Neuhausen, one toy reigns supreme: the kingly nutcracker. While other wooden figures may strike a pose, the nutcracker has become a collector’s treasure, thanks to its bold colors and quirky style. The original “King Nutcracker” was crafted in the 1870s by Seiffen’s own Friedrich Wilhelm Füchtner, who ingeniously gave him a jaw that cracks nuts with the might of a lever. Soon, the nutcracker army marched into homes worldwide. Today, the Nutcracker Museum in...

The On-Site or Remote Work Debate in...

December 10, 2024

Question for Our Revenue Management Expert Panel: As there has been a significant increase in hybrid and remote working over the last few years, should the role of revenue manager be on-site or remote? And why? (Question by Oleksii Kapichin) Our Revenue Management Expert Panel Tamie Matthews – The post The On-Site or Remote Work Debate in Hotel Revenue Management appeared first on Revfine.com.

Maribel Caves Hotel in Maribel, Wisconsin

December 9, 2024

Looking from County Road R, off the highway and deep in the Wisconsin countryside, visitors can spot a ruined building from the road. While an intriguing destination in its own right, they may be surprised to learn that this husk was once one of the most cutting-edge and high-end resorts in the state of Wisconsin. Today, the former site of the Maribel Caves Hotel remains a destination for local trailgoers and intrepid explorers. The history of this location begins...

L'Antic Bocoi del Gòtic in Barcelona, Spain

December 9, 2024

Italy has its pizza and focaccia, France its pissaladière, Turkey its lahmacun, and Lebanon its manakish. Seemingly every country in the Mediterranean region has its own topped flatbread, and Spain’s contribution to the genre is the coca. The dish is associated with Catalonia, and the go-to place to get the dish in Barcelona is L’antic Bocoi del Gòtic. The restaurant, in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, was opened by a husband and wife in 1993, yet the space has a much...

Malahat Skywalk in Malahat, British Columbia

December 9, 2024

Rising 250 meters above sea level, the Malahat SkyWalk is an architecturally impressive tower that offers some of the best views on Vancouver Island. From the top of its spiral staircase, you can see Mt. Baker, Finlayson Arm fjord, the Saanich Peninsula, and islands in Canada and the United States. Walking along this elevated boardwalk, be on the lookout for sculptures of local animals hiding along the way. Going up the skyway ramp, you’ll pass the treetops and look out...

La Cova Fumada in Barcelona, Spain

December 9, 2024

Even if you’ve been to Barcelona’s portside La Barceloneta neighborhood, you probably didn’t notice this spot. But that’s not your fault; La Cova Fumada, one of the city’s most iconic bodegas, has no sign. Inside, there’s little more to indicate that this is a restaurant—at least not in the contemporary sense: the walls are decorated with a few pages torn out of a soccer magazine. There’s an ancient menu posted on the wall and a few wine barrels off...

Cooking Creatively With J. Kenji López-Alt

December 9, 2024

This article is adapted from the December 7, 2024, edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up here. For many home cooks, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt carries a level of authority traditionally reserved for sacred texts. It’s less of a cookbook and more a crash course in culinary technique. It’s also an invitation to get creative. The 958-page tome, which came out in 2015, challenged a lot of...

Monster Rock in Ephrata, Washington

December 9, 2024

The repeated collapse of the ice dam holding back Glacial Lake Missoula, at the end of the last Ice Age, unleashed floods that were utterly disproportionate to the scale of the landscape, in the depth and speed of the water. (It’s been suggested it’s analogous to dumping a bucket of water onto a tabletop model.) The floods carved the Channeled Scablands of eastern Washington, including the Grand Coulee. Dry Falls, which separates the upper and lower Grand Coulee, is...

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