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- 22 travel world records
- Help wanted: Japanese city recruiting new geisha
- Video: A Chinese haka to support the Rugby World Cup
- 15 unique hotels and tips for flying with kids
- 15 unique, bizarre, amazing hotels
- Best Hong Kong live music venues
- 最佳香港獨立音樂場地
- Seen from afar: An outside view of the 'real' Japan
| Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:23 AM PDT Highest hotels or huge sick-bag collections -- it's always good to maintain a sense of humility, and humor, when traveling. To mark the launch of Guinness Worlds Records 2012 edition, published today, here are 22 travel-inspired superlatives from the extreme, to the insane. Thanks to Guinness World Records for assistance with the article. Check out and search for other records on their website: www.guinnessworldrecords.com.
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| Help wanted: Japanese city recruiting new geisha Posted: 14 Sep 2011 10:18 PM PDT  Call it a cliché if you like, but there really are few more exciting feelings as a tourist in Japan than spotting a real, live geisha in the street as she glides off to her next assignation. Recognition of which is, presumably, one reason why the burghers of Shimoda in Shizuoka Prefecture have launched an ambitious scheme to keep the traditional art form from dying out. Staying aliveAt a cost of around ¥5 million ($65,000), a Shimoda citizens' group is asking its city hall to pay the wages of three would-be geisha from October for six months. |
| Video: A Chinese haka to support the Rugby World Cup Posted: 14 Sep 2011 10:14 PM PDT Shanghainese rugby fans perform a milder version of New Zealand's Haka.  Although it might take a while for team China to appear in the Rugby World Cup, Shanghai fans have already picked their favorite in this year's biggest rugby event. |
| 15 unique hotels and tips for flying with kids Posted: 14 Sep 2011 07:57 PM PDT Newsletter Date: 15 September 2011 |
| 15 unique, bizarre, amazing hotels Posted: 14 Sep 2011 06:00 PM PDT Whether it's balanced on the rim of a volcano or made of crystallized salt, the right hotel can provide you with a good year's worth of bragging material. The best part is you don't need to raid the kids' college fund to find some exotic, out-there rooms. 1. The Balancing Barn, England |
| Best Hong Kong live music venues Posted: 14 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT Hong Kong now has a handful of venues that can host international indie acts that would otherwise pass us by in favor of Beijing and Shanghai. Here are our favorite six.
BackstageDrum 'n' bass, Cantopop, Christian rock, Icelandic indie pop, punk, Goth, jazz -- Backstage has hosted them all. Since its arrival a few years ago on Wellington Street, just around the corner from Lan Kwai Fong, Backstage has committed itself to hosting international and local live music from and for all walks of life -- provided patrons can stump for the cover charge, which is usually in the HK$100-$150 range. The long, narrow upstairs space is large enough to cram in 200 people standing, or, for quieter shows, 50 seated. |
| Posted: 14 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT 如果只是評論場地，你可以說香港的獨立音樂圈正處於這10年間最健全的時候。 的確，現在每週晚上找地方舉辦現場、原創的音樂會仍是很難的事，但在幾年前，這根本是件不可能的事。 此外，香港現在擁有一些可以舉辦國際性獨立活動的場地，吸引那些本來只喜歡往北京和上海的演出單位。 在此我們將為您介紹最好的幾個場地。各有特色，排名不分先後：
1. BackstageDrum 'n' bass、廣東流行樂、福音搖滾、冰島式獨立流行樂、punk、哥德式、爵士樂 -- Backstage 應有盡有。 自從幾年前 Backstage 在蘭桂坊附近的威靈頓街開幕以來，就一直致力舉辦形形色色的國際性與本地的現場音樂活動，只要您願意掏出腰包購買門票，通常為港幣 100 至 150 元不等 。 上樓的狹長空間可以站立 200 人，要是安靜一點的表演則可坐 50 人。 稍早的傍晚時分，在現場用餐的話 稍後的活動可獲折扣，但飲品絕不便宜。 一瓶喜力要大概港幣 50 元。 曾演出的音樂單位： Ólafur Arnalds、Sham 69、Chochukmo、DP、Poubelle International 中環威靈頓街 52-54 號 1 樓，+852 2167 8985，www.facebook.com/Backstage.hk |
| Seen from afar: An outside view of the 'real' Japan Posted: 14 Sep 2011 02:55 PM PDT It's almost impossible for the English-language reader with an abiding interest in Japan to avoid Donald Richie. You may find him in print through his copious newspaper columns and reviews, his several wide-ranging books on Japan, assaying subjects as seemingly disparate as film, gardens, Zen and the Inland Sea (among others), or his forays into fiction. If you live or stay in Tokyo for a stretch, you may also find him in the flesh. Last time I checked, the 87-year-old Richie was still very much a man-about-town, appearing frequently to give readings and talks at foreigner-friendly venues in the heart of the city. |
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