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Japan’s Rail Pass Goes Up Again in October
The seven-day pass stops paying for itself unless your itinerary crosses the country twice.
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From Seoul convenience stores to Himalayan trailheads — the widest range of any tag on this site, and the one our writers argue about most.
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Dispatch — Osaka
72 Hours in Osaka on the Money That Just Cleared
Three days of standing-room bars, five-hundred-yen lunches, and exactly one splurge worth the transfer fee.
Dispatch — Hong Kong
What Nobody Tells You About a Semester in Hong Kong
The skyline is the easy part. Four months of actually living there involves a set of logistics that no exchange brochure has ever mentioned.
Dispatch — Seoul
Seoul Doesn’t Close, and Neither Should Your Weekend
The 24-hour cafés, night markets, and bathhouses that make two days feel like four.