by Simon Farrell
To mark the annual exodus of pleasure-seekers from Japan, WIFM entices readers of this issue with an eclectic array of sublime destinations, featuring mountains, beaches, countryside and cities on three continents.
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by Noriko Yamaguchi
After centuries of self-imposed seclusion, the Kingdom of Bhutan started to welcome foreign tourists in 1972, since when the “Land of Illusion” has captivated adventurous travelers.
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by WIFM
Simon Berry is the chairman of the UK’s oldest wine merchant, Berry Bros. & Rudd that has operated from St. James’s Street, London for more than 310 years. Berry joined the company in 1977, after having worked in France for wine producers including Moët & Chandon in Champagne, Mouton-Rothschild in Bordeaux, and Prosper Maufoux in Burgundy.
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Fabric, Yamamoto once said, “is everything.” This deep interest in textiles is at the heart of his approach to design. Yamamoto became internationally renowned in the early 1980s for challenging traditional notions of fashion by designing garments that seemed oversized, unfinished, played with ideas of gender or fabrics not normally used in fashionable attire such as felt or neoprene.
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by Robert Gilhooly
Toshi Yamaguchi is signaling frantically to a place somewhere behind me that, at a glance, is just an expanse of cobalt blue interrupted by air bubbles rising exuberantly from my diving regulator. Then something emerges from behind a mound of coral—a large, disc-like object with a long tail cruising through the water like a hybrid of the Star Ship Enterprise and Thunderbird 4.
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Why not escape muggy Tokyo this summer for a refreshing and relaxing adventure vacation? Just three hours from Tokyo, at the foot of Nagano’s Northern Japan Alps is the Evergreen Outdoor Center in
Hakuba, popular with foreigners and Japanese alike.
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by Catherine Shaw
With more than 300,000 iPhone applications at your fingertips, finding the best ones can be slightly daunting. The following is a focused selection of tried and tested favorites, in no particular order.
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by Julian Ryall
With a shimmy of the hips and a fancy piece of footwork, the new move is mastered and the student looks delighted at her performance. Around the dance fl oor, a round of spontaneous applause breaks out after other couples also achieve the steps they have been practicing under the careful tutelage of Justin Hollingworth.
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by Catherine Shaw
After decades of neglect, Shanghai— renowned as the “Paris of the East” during its heyday in the late 19th and early 20th centuries—is experiencing a dramatic revival. At the center of the quest by the
bustling metropolis to be one of the world’s greatest cities is the Bund, a mile-long embanked riverfront, lined with grand stone-fronted neo-classical and beaux art buildings.
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