Östasien, Fjärran Östern

Bibimbap. Korean Fried Chicken. Kimchi. Tteokbokki. Ramen.There's no doubt Korean food is delicious - made up of bold flavours and comforting dishes - and now it's easy to cook at …

Contemporary Japanese architecture has, for over seven decades, achieved worldwide recognition not only for its highly innovative and often futuristic qualities, but also for its …

Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, …

From Haruki Murakami, internationally acclaimed author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Norwegian Wood, a work of literary journalism that is as fascinating as it is necessary, as …

Kinas dragningskraft blir allt större. Västerländska företag investerar i landet och dess gåtfulla kultur lockar till sig turister. Kinas historia är den första moderna …

Welcome to Japan, the most running-obsessed nation on earth, where: a long-distance relay race is the country's biggest annual sporting event; companies sponsor their own running …

London, 1944.Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war, in East London Clara has created the country's only underground library, built over the tracks …

The exquisite Japanese hikaru dorodango, or shiny mud ball, is created by rolling earth by hand into a perfect sphere and polishing it until it gleams. Not only are the results …

_______________'Surreal and unsettling' - Observer Cultural Highlight‘Wise, comical and exceptionally relatable’ - Zeba Talkhani‘Quietly hilarious and deeply attuned to the uncanny …

When Peter Hessler went to China in the late 1990s, he expected to spend a couple of peaceful years teaching English in the town of Fuling on the Yangtze River. But what he …