Japan A Mountain Cemetery The cemetery surrounding Okunoin (meaning “Innermost Sanctum”) in Koyasan, a mountaintop Shingon Buddhist temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, houses more than 200,000 graves,... Learn More » Did You Know?
Asia Cormorant Fishing More than 1,000 years ago, both European and Asian fishermen relied on trained cormorants to help them catch fish. The practice still continues in... Learn More » Did You Know?
Cambodia Indian Influence In Cambodia In Cambodia, the 12th-century temples of Angkor Wat boast exquisitely carved scenes from Indian mythology, including the battle at Kurukshetra (as described in the... Learn More » Did You Know?
Mongolia Mongolia’s Diversity “Outer Mongolia” has become shorthand for, at best, somewhere obscure or hard to find, and at worst a desolate wasteland in the middle of... Learn More » Did You Know?
India Women of the Thar Enduring harsh, arid weather and shifting sand dunes, the rural women of India’s Thar desert are made of tough stuff. To help support their... Learn More » Did You Know?
Europe “Let me think happy thoughts. If I close my eyes I can picture our old kitchen...” Richard C. Morais Readings
China “Here, in the fishing port of Tanmen in the southern island of Hainan, 50-year-old captain Chen...” Simon Denyer Readings
Japan “Today is the sixth day since the disaster. My ways of looking at and thinking about...” Ryōichi Wagō Readings
China China’s First Movie Studio The first film studio in China was founded by an American: Benjamin Brodsky. The first movie it released was 1913’s The Difficult Couple, directed... Learn More » Did You Know?
Afghanistan “Goat Grabbing” It’s been around for more than 600 years, is played on horseback, and can get pretty dangerous to play and even watch. Welcome to... Learn More » Did You Know?
Europe Björn to be Wild According to the Moscow Goes Out website (which describes itself as a “culinary concierge that guides you to the best restaurants in Moscow”) Swedish... Learn More » Did You Know?
Morocco K-pop in Morocco BTS has catapulted Korean pop into some unlikely places by Kyle Haddad-Fonda Not long ago, a Chinese man who lives in Dubai told me about a survey conducted by...
