The 19-room, 266-foot-long “floating” ryokan, guntû, is best described as a cross between a traditional Japanese ryokan and a luxury yacht. Designed by architect Yasushi Horibe, this [...]

History of “Onsen” “Onsen” is one of the distinctly native Japanese cultural aspects that did not originate from Greater China. Accounts of onsen bathing go back to Japan’s earliest historical [...]

While reading the October 23, 2020 issue of the Financial Times we came across their article “The World’s Best Antique Stores” which made us think about some of our favorite antique shops from [...]

Atout France, the national French tourist office, has designated a small number of 5-star luxury hotels as “Palace Hotels” based on the property offering the highest level of service and [...]

In the backdrop of spectacular volcanoes rising 20,000 feet, the Atacama Desert covers 40,541 sq. miles, stretching 621 miles from Peru’s southern border into northern Chile. The desert rises [...]

Kipling & Clark has often featured some of the world’s extraordinary global natural landscapes including: the green, picturesque valleys of Bhutan; the still, eerie sand dunes of the Sahara; [...]