Borghi, arte e storia minore
Si occupa di borghi, centri storici, chiese e siti archeologici: paesi sotto i mille abitanti e architetture fuori dalle guide turistiche ufficiali.
Genko-an, a Zen temple in the northern hills of Kyoto: two philosophical windows, a ceiling made from the blood of samurai, and almost no visitors.
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In Shimabara, Kyoto's pleasure quarter, Sumiya (1641) survives: the only ageya in Japan, bearing the sword marks of the Shinsengumi.
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In Jungnim-dong, Seoul, Yakhyeon Church (1892): the first Gothic building in Korea, beside the site of the Seosomun martyrs.
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Jongno's first public hanok library, at the foot of Inwangsan: a courtyard, a pavilion and a waterfall a few steps from Gyeongbokgung.
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In Songpa-gu, Seoul, the earthen walls of Pungnaptoseong: capital of the Baekje kingdom, rediscovered in 1997 during a construction project.
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In Thonburi, along the Khlong Bangkok Noi, a single family still forges the khan long hin bronze bowl by hand. How to get there.
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In Chom Thong, far from crowded wats, Rama III built a Sino-Thai temple with carved doors and silent halls. Zero tour buses.
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In Bangkok, on the Thonburi bank, the church of Santa Cruz with its Renaissance-style dome and the Portuguese sweets of Kudi Chin.
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Amid votive paper and a free museum in a former Chinese opera shophouse: the 1898 corner that survived the metro in Bangkok's Chinatown.
Jun 28, 2026