Asia

Seize the moment: the photographer who notices everything

24-03-2024

Seize the moment: the photographer who notices everything

48-year-old photographer Edas Wong (Edas Wong) lives in Hong Kong. It is extremely rare for him to go out without a camera: at any ...

The Japanese make the coolest desserts in the world

24-03-2024

The Japanese make the coolest desserts in the world

The Japanese have long established themselves as experts not only in mimicry, but also brought to perfection. The same applies to ...

10 discoveries for which we should say thank you to the Chinese Han Dynasty

23-03-2024

10 discoveries for which we should say thank you to the ...

The Han Dynasty ruled China for more than 400 years. It is not surprising that in Chinese historiography, the Han period is ...

Beijing 1947 in Color: At the Crossroads of Epochs

23-03-2024

Beijing 1947 in Color: At the Crossroads of Epochs

One of the greatest cities in the world was captured on color film by American photographer Dmitry Kessel in 1947. For a city with ...

Nijo Castle Gardens

22-03-2024

Nijo Castle Gardens

Nijo Castle is the fortified residence of the Tokugawa shoguns in Japan. The castle complex consists of many buildings and several ...

The inhabitant of a mental hospital from Japan is the most expensive living artist

22-03-2024

The inhabitant of a mental hospital from Japan is the most ...

Yayoi Kusama is unlikely to be able to answer what formed the basis of her career as an artist. She is 94 years old, her art is ...

Hanami is a Japanese tradition of admiring cherry blossoms

22-03-2024

Hanami is a Japanese tradition of admiring cherry blossoms

The tradition of admiring cherry blossoms originates in the XVI century. Thousands of Japanese people come to parks every year, sit ...

"Children of the Nation", or Why Mongolian nomads adopted Chinese orphans

22-03-2024

"Children of the Nation", or Why Mongolian nomads adopted ...

China's history is rich in upheavals, and the country has been particularly hard hit over the past century. One of the most ...

“Awful, Awful Place”: 28 Tourists Share Cities They Will Never Visit Again

21-03-2024

“Awful, Awful Place”: 28 Tourists Share Cities They Will ...

Traveling can be a magical, eye-opening experience, but not all locations are made equally. From tourist traps to just plain old ...

Nepenthes and tupaya: “toilet” friendship between a carnivorous plant and a miniature animal

20-03-2024

Nepenthes and tupaya: “toilet” friendship between a ...

Nepenthes rajah is the largest carnivorous plant on the planet. It can only be found in the impenetrable jungles of the Sabah ...

Netflix Has 4 Horror K-Dramas Releasing In 2024 (& They All Sound Great)

20-03-2024

Netflix Has 4 Horror K-Dramas Releasing In 2024 (& They All ...

Netflix has four upcoming horror K-dramas releasing in 2024, from a live-action manga adaptation to long-awaited sequels, and they ...

These 7 K-Dramas of 2023/2024 Are a Must-Watch for 'My Name' Fans

19-03-2024

These 7 K-Dramas of 2023/2024 Are a Must-Watch for 'My Name' Fans

Missing the thrills, chills, and bloodthirsty revenge of 'My Name'? We've got seven K-Dramas that you just have to add to your list.

Road to the sky: the world's highest outdoor Elevator takes passengers at 326 meters above the ground

18-03-2024

Road to the sky: the world's highest outdoor Elevator takes ...

Those who are looking for adventure and yearn for a new portion of adrenaline will enjoy a ride on the tall Elevator that is ...

Nyotaimori: how did the tradition of eating sushi from a naked female body

18-03-2024

Nyotaimori: how did the tradition of eating sushi from a ...

Japanese tradition of eating sushi off a naked female body is known to all. Today in such esthetic meals can participate not only ...

Not fabulous, not Bali: the dirtiest island in the Maldives

18-03-2024

Not fabulous, not Bali: the dirtiest island in the Maldives

What does an island where there is not a single piece of free land, with tons of garbage produced daily by the million tourists who ...

Mysterious tree circles in Japan are the result of a 50-year experiment

18-03-2024

Mysterious tree circles in Japan are the result of a 50-year ...

A few years ago, photographs of bizarre circles of trees in the forest of the Japanese Miyazaki Prefecture appeared on the ...

How did the famous Chinese “Meat Stone” appear?

17-03-2024

How did the famous Chinese “Meat Stone” appear?

Anyone who sees this exhibit for the first time at the National Palace Museum of Taiwan asks a logical question: what is a piece of ...

I Took 12 Photos Showcasing Life On The Streets Of Old Delhi

16-03-2024

I Took 12 Photos Showcasing Life On The Streets Of Old Delhi

Exploring old Delhi is a new experience every time, capturing a different feeling each time.

Who were the Red Guards of the Cultural Revolution

16-03-2024

Who were the Red Guards of the Cultural Revolution

The events we are going to tell you about could have taken place in the Ming or Qing Dynasty. They do not fit into the framework of ...

China: the art of the crowd

15-03-2024

China: the art of the crowd

Military parades, attempts to set a world record or mass can all look very impressive. Well, or scary. But no country, perhaps, ...

22 photographs of Chinese photographer Li Guang, who disappeared because of his beliefs

15-03-2024

22 photographs of Chinese photographer Li Guang, who ...

For most of us, China is huge modern metropolises, beautiful pagodas, fabulously beautiful rivers and mountains and, of course, the ...

Sex and the City: photos of Kohei Yoshiyuki taken in Tokyo night parks

14-03-2024

Sex and the City: photos of Kohei Yoshiyuki taken in Tokyo ...

It all started with the fact that one day, around the mid-70s, a young commercial photographer Kohei Yoshiyuki (Kohei Yoshiyuki) ...

Chinese village-Ghost Jutawan: attraction, from which the creeps

14-03-2024

Chinese village-Ghost Jutawan: attraction, from which the creeps

Places reclaimed by man from nature, without a care very quickly return to a primitive state. Like before, they won't be, because ...

Beautiful as a fairy tale: fascinating wisteria tunnels in Japan

14-03-2024

Beautiful as a fairy tale: fascinating wisteria tunnels in Japan

Japan is famous for cherry blossoms, but these are not all the most beautiful symbols of this country. Wisteria, thanks to the ...

Exhausted Tokyo residents sleeping on the street

14-03-2024

Exhausted Tokyo residents sleeping on the street

Hardworking Japanese people fall off their feet and fall asleep right on the street and in other public places. In this issue is a ...

Hindu Dashrath Manjhi - the man who conquered the mountain

11-03-2024

Hindu Dashrath Manjhi - the man who conquered the mountain

The saying goes that “patience and hard work will wear out everything.” This is actually what happens, as proven by a resident ...