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Japan’s cherry blossom season dazzles locals and tourists
The tiny white and pink petals of cherry flowers, known as sakura, herald the start of spring in Japan
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ brings global fans to Seoul’s sites
The real-life settings of the Oscar-winning animated film have become a pilgrimage site for fans of the Netflix blockbuster
Art: Raphael Mizzi’s ‘Seven Encounters’ to open in Valletta
The artist's flightless journey to Southeast Asia has inspired his latest exhibition. Daniel Ellul finds out more.
‘Wuthering Heights’ unleashes fresh wave of Brontë-mania
The latest adaptation of the classic novel is drawing many visitors to Haworth, a small English village where the author and her sisters lived
Love on the Seine: the rise of picturesque Paris proposals
The luxury marriage proposal business is booming in the French capital
When water gets the wine treatment
In South Africa, where water is not readily available, a sommelier aims to educate his clients about the qualities of this precious resource
French museum fare hikes for non-European tourists spark outcry
The French move has few precedents elsewhere in Europe, but is more common in developing countries
Suizhou and the art of slowing down
Fiona Vella writes the second part of her feature about her travels to Hubei Province, China
German dog owners sit out New Year’s Eve chaos in airport hotels
Animal welfare organisation warns that noise, the smell of burning and flashing lights are ‘a nightmare’ for animals
From predator to plate: Japan bear crisis sparks culinary craze
Cooked on a stone slate − or in hot pot with vegetables − the meat comes from bears culled to curb maulings that have killed a record 13 people this year