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Tuesday evening, somewhere above Indonesia, and I'm in a very happy place. I'm stretched out in a rather empty cabin on the Qantas 747 service to Brisbane and I've settled in with a nice Chardonnay, two Nurofen Plus and a tasty selection of Aussie cheese.

According to the old adage, "Home is where the heart is" - and Rebecca Otowa would no doubt agree.

Traditional Japanese food, or washoku , has been designated an intangible cultural asset, making Japan's national cuisine only the second after France's to be so honoured.

Unable to get to that must-see tourist site but can't bear for your teddy to miss out? Then Japan has just the thing for you -- a travel agency that takes stuffed toys on package tours and even provides the holiday snaps to prove it.

The plate is a deep turquoise blue, hand-thrown and uneven. The sliver of fish on top, its skin grilled to a burnished copper, sits on a jade green sauce.

The cold appetisers from Yoshiyuki, a Japanese kaiseki restaurant at Forum the Shopping Mall, consist of simple but flavourful items such as lightly salted gingko nuts, a baby eggplant topped with sweet miso and ika sushi.

In some corners of the artistic world, music and the visual arts are spending more and more time in each other's company.

Zagat has ranked its 20 top-rated restaurants across the country , and #1 in the Seattle area is Nishino in Madison Park.

If you are lucky enough to read your map properly, you will approach Chion-in by a long and grand stretch of wide steps leading to an impressive building which fronts this complex of temples.

The Michelin Guide cut the number of Tokyo restaurants with its highest rank by one, reducing three-star winners for the second year in a city that's home to more top-rated eateries than any other worldwide.

A scene from "Rikyu ni Tazuneyo" featuring Sen no Rikyu , centre, at a tea ceremony.

Tel: Haem biosynthesis appeared to be a target of malaria therapy because 5-aminolevulinic acid , a haem biosynthesis starting material, with light exposure or a high amount of ALA alone reduced Plasmodium falciparum growth to undetectable level.

Bus #46 passes Imamiya Jinja, Bukkyo University in north west Kyoto near Kinkakuji Temple, Senbon Kitaoji, Senbon Marutamachi, Nijo Station, Shijo Omiya, Shijo Kurasuma, Shijo Kawaramachi, Shijo Keihan Station, Chion-in and Gion.

Put on the red light: The chochin lantern at the Kaminarimon gate of Sensoji Temple in Asakusa was renewed for the first time since 2003.

Officials in the city of Kyoto said the state has approved a special measure that will permit foreign chefs to work at restaurants and other establishments serving traditional, high-end Japanese cuisine.

Japan is on a mission to export more of its agricultural and food products, even as the government is under pressure to cut import tariffs in highly protected areas such as rice as the Trans Pacific Partnership trade talks advance.

The catalog for The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto's exhibition, "Treasures of the Imperial Collection: The Quintessence of Modern Japanese Art," tells us that this "sublime collection of resplendent masterpieces shines brilliantly in the history of modern Japanese art."

Critics have slammed singer Katy Perry for being racist after she dressed up as a geisha while performing "Unconditionally" at the 2013 American Music Awards.