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Taste the difference on a brewery tour in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Kirin Brewery was established in 1907 in the city of Yokohama, the epicenter of Western…

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Myrtlewood, an Oregon Coast treasure

NORTH BEND — Somewhere in a box of souvenirs from my Boy Scout years, I have a small…

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A stay at this resort in the Costa Rican rainforest is the ‘good life’

NAYARA SPRINGS RESORT, Costa Rica — My friend and I, along with our golf cart driver, creep through…

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Passengers feel squeeze as planes take off with more seats, less elbow room

Feel like your coach seat on an overseas flight is a tighter squeeze? You’re probably right. Airlines already…

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5 ways to play in Yosemite’s charming Groveland

Like many gold rush towns, Groveland has a checkered history, one rich in booms, busts, rogues and miners.…

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Get married in Vegas … at Taco Bell

Las Vegas is famous for its quick and quirky weddings replete with serenading Elvis impersonators, drive-through chapels and…

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Fun for the whole family in Phoenix’s West Valley

Heading to Arizona this spring? Our family has been making the trip for decades, drawn by grandparents, their…

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Hitting slopes on Canada’s Powder Highway

Deep in Canada’s Kootenay Rockies, a helicopter dropped off me and nine other eager skiers on what seemed…

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South Korea’s Olympian Winter Moment

Justin Bergman is the Shanghai correspondent for Monocle magazine.; (ART ADV: With photos XNYT138-145.) Emerging from the warmth…

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Cheesecake for the Soul: A ‘Golden Girls’ Cafe Opens

(Attn: Calif., Fla., Ind., N.Y.); (ART ADV: With photos.) NEW YORK — Picture it: Manhattan, 2017. A crisp…

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