From a good looking optician’s with vision and Tsutaya’s first outpost in southeast Asia to a cosy homeware shop in Milan, we profile the latest places to fill your tote.
In our bumper hospitality round-up, we visit new openings from Berlin to Oslo, celebrate an illustrious Japanese resort and sample dishes in Singapore and São Paulo. Where will you stay next?
For this special mobility edition we see how Istanbul is boosting footfall with a cup of the black stuff, get our game on at airports and investigate transportation by rope in our global news round-up.
For Monocle’s 100th issue our editors and correspondents have focused on issues of security, superior urbanism, the importance of being multilingual and why it’s good to move on – especially if you’re a big outfit like Nato…
Train stations are often seen as halfway houses – gateways to a city or state. But thanks to the clutch of shops, restaurants and bars beneath its arches, Nakameguro Station in Tokyo is a buzzing destination in itself.
Kyushu Railway Co (also known as JR Kyushu) – the company that gave Japan its first luxury sleeper, the Seven Stars, in 2013 – continues to show its entrepreneurial verve with its foray into farming. The Fukuoka-based…