Urban Life The Bathhouse Never Closed: Why Asia's Sento and Jjimjilbang Still Anchor City Social Life Apartments all have bathrooms now, yet Asia's sento and jjimjilbang keep their doors open. The reason has little to do with washing.
Urban Life The Room Under the Road: How Asian Cities Are Reclaiming the Space Beneath Their Flyovers Across Bangkok, Seoul and Tokyo, the shaded ground beneath elevated expressways and rail viaducts is becoming some of the most usable public space in dense Asian cities.
Fitness The 24-Hour Gym Changed Asian Fitness Culture More Than Any Equipment Ever Did When gyms started staying open all night, Asian cities didn't just gain late-night workout options — the whole relationship between urban professionals and exercise shifted. Here's how it happened.
Asia The Covered Walkway Season: How Singapore, Taipei and Bangkok Built Cities You Can Cross in the Rain As the June rains settle over Southeast Asia, the covered walkway quietly becomes the most important piece of infrastructure in the city.
Urban Life Designing for 35 degrees: how Singapore, Tokyo and Bangkok keep their cities liveable in the heat As Asian summers get hotter, the region's great cities are quietly redesigning themselves around shade, water and air. Here's how three of them cope with the heat.
Asia Asian city life dispatch 24 May 2026: Tokyo's pre-tsuyu window, Bangkok's hottest week, Dragon Boat training in Hong Kong Late May across five Asian capitals — the calm before Tokyo's rainy season, Bangkok at 38°C, Dragon Boat training in Stanley Bay, the durian season opener in Singapore, and Seoul's bingsu shops reopening.
Asia The Asian Neighbourhood Morning: Why the First Hour of an Asian City Is Its Best Hour The first hour of an Asian city is its most honest hour, told through eight neighbourhoods from Tokyo to Singapore.
urban planning What Asian Cities Teach the World About Living Together Thirty million people live in greater Tokyo. The trains run on time, the streets are clean, and your neighbor won't play music past 10 PM. This isn't an accident.
Culture Why Asian Cities Make Better Third Places The sociologist Ray Oldenburg coined 'third place' for the spaces between home and work where community happens. He should have spent more time in Asian cities.
Music Music Festivals in Asia Worth Flying For Coachella gets the press. Fuji Rock gets the rain, the mountains, and the music that you'll still be talking about five years later.
Pets Adoption Culture in Asian Cities: Pets, Not Purchase The pet shop window used to be where Asian pet ownership started. Increasingly, it starts at a shelter, a foster home, or a social media post about a dog that needs a second chance.
Food & Drink The Future of Asian Food Halls Is Already Here The food hall of 2025 serves you dinner cooked by a robot, paired by an algorithm, and delivered to a table you reserved through an app you'll never see the inside of.
Fitness The Best City Hikes in Asia You Can Start From a Metro Station You don't need a car, a guide, or a plan. Some of Asia's best hikes start at a subway exit and end at a view that makes the climb worth every sweaty step.
coworking Coworking Etiquette in Asia: The Unwritten Rules Nobody Posts on the Wall Every coworking space has rules on the wall. The rules that actually matter are the ones nobody wrote down because everyone is supposed to already know them.
Architecture The Modern Skylines of Asia: Glass, Steel, and What They Say About Us A skyline is a city's autobiography written in glass and steel. Asia's skylines are writing new chapters faster than any other region, and the stories they tell are complicated.
Pets Pet-Friendly Spaces in Asian Cities: Where Your Dog Is Actually Welcome Traveling with a dog in Asia ranges from surprisingly easy to genuinely complicated. Here's where your pet is welcome, where it's tolerated, and where you should make other arrangements.
Wellness The Art of Doing Nothing: Asia's Best Spaces for Productive Idleness Asian cities are famous for their work ethic. They should be equally famous for the spaces they've created for doing absolutely, gloriously nothing.
Design Living in a 25-Square-Meter Apartment: Asia's Small-Space Solutions A 25-square-meter apartment sounds impossible. Millions of Asian city residents make it work daily through design intelligence that the rest of the world should be studying.
Shopping Luxury Outlet Shopping in Asia: When Gucci Meets the Suburbs The promise: Prada at 40% off. The reality: complicated. Here's an honest guide to outlet shopping near Asian megacities.
Transportation EV Culture in Asian Cities: Electric Scooters, Cars, and the Quiet Revolution Shenzhen replaced 16,000 diesel buses with electric ones in four years. Bangkok is electrifying its tuk-tuks. The revolution is quieter than you'd expect.
urban planning Green Corridors and Urban Parks: How Asian Cities Are Building Breathing Room Seoul buried a highway to create a stream. Singapore connected every park with a green corridor. These aren't cosmetic changes — they're rewriting how cities breathe.
Transportation Transit Tips for Asian Cities: A Card-by-Card, Line-by-Line Guide The difference between a tourist and a resident in any Asian city is whether they know which metro card to buy and which exit to use. Here's the cheat sheet.
Fashion Sustainable Fashion in Asia: Beyond the Marketing Greenwash Most 'sustainable fashion' is marketing. These Asian brands are the exception — building supply chains, reviving dying crafts, and producing clothing that lasts.
Wellness Meditation Retreats Near Asian Cities: Silence Within Reach You don't need to trek to a mountain monastery. Some of Asia's best meditation retreats are a two-hour train ride from downtown, and they'll change how you hear silence.
Food & Drink Food Halls in Asia Are Replacing Both Fast Food and Fine Dining The food hall promised to combine the quality of independent restaurants with the convenience of a food court. In Asia, that promise is actually being kept.
