The Tiger is one of the zodiac signs in conflict with the guardian deity in the coming lunar year. What this means, and what to do.
If you were born in the Year of the Pig, find out how to improve your luck, finances, love life and well-being.
20 Jan 2025 - 3:09PM videocam
The Pig is among the zodiac signs in conflict with the coming lunar year’s guardian deity. From temple rites to travel, ways to improve luck.
20 Jan 2025 - 2:18PM videocam
Made only from soybeans and fermented for two years using ancient techniques, Hatcho miso has a special place in the cuisine of Nagoya.
18 Jan 2025 - 12:43PM videocam
Lunar New Year in 2025 means conflict between its guardian deity and some Chinese zodiac signs, including Monkey. What they can do.
Miso goes into much more than soup in this Japanese prefecture – where the paste makes marvellous desserts, cocktails and more
Lunar New Year in 2025 ushers in conflict between a guardian deity and some Chinese zodiac signs, among them Snake. What to do.
Dogs will earn more this year amid financial pitfalls. It’s a good year for love and marriage but mediocre for health – avoid certain places.
16 Jan 2025 - 6:29PM videocam
From early-bird offers to codes and gift bundles, here are 10 of the best deals we found for everything from turnip cakes to sweet treats.
Congratulations, Roosters – according to Chinese geomancy, you can expect easy money, career growth and a social whirl in Year of the Snake.
15 Jan 2025 - 4:46AM videocam
Fukuoka’s riverside open-air food stalls are the best in Japan. We pick five that are not to be missed on your next trip.
Monkeys can expect career advancements – especially if they work with women or are in a women-led industry – according to Chinese geomancy.
9 Jan 2025 - 5:27PM videocam
According to Chinese geomancy, those born in the Year of the Sheep will make money this year if they are careful – but love won’t come easy.
9 Jan 2025 - 2:11PM videocam
The star of The Last Dance has had a tumultuous rise to the top, with a string of failed films but a stellar stand-up career under his belt.
Horses will be lucky in love, women above all, in the lunar new year according to Chinese geomancy. Men in certain jobs will make good money.
2 Jan 2025 - 7:10PM videocam
What lies in store for Snakes in the new lunar year according to Chinese geomancy, including why they should focus on work – and avoid water.
10 Jan 2025 - 11:45AM videocam
Opened in the 1980s, Tsim Sha Tsui East was a booming area and its holiday lights were a popular attraction – until the millennium.
It is about time to welcome the Earthly Snake as we bid farewell to the Celestial Dragon on January 29, 2025. Feng shui master, author and television host Tong Pik-ha has laid out her predictions for all 12 zodiac signs for the coming Year of the Snake.
One of the five primary human tastes, umami is a key feature of Asian – especially Japanese – cuisine commonly enhanced by dashi or MSG.
28 Dec 2024 - 11:15AM videocam
A Japanese saying goes: Osaka locals take food so seriously that they “eat till they drop”
Feng shui master Tong Pik-ha gives her predictions, from the lucky colours to wear to which sign will have a bad year when it comes to love.
10 Jan 2025 - 11:50AM videocam
Maria Lee built a bakery empire, saw it go into liquidation, and moved on and up. Summing up her life was a challenge, her biographer says.
Whether you want to party at the Mondrian, sail in style on the Aqua Luna, or nurse your hangover at Nicholini’s, we have the place for you.
Lei Yun Shang’s traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic in Shanghai is seeing more young people get health checks as winter sets in.
Named after a peak below which hunkered squatter villages, the song for RTHK by Joseph Koo and James Wong Jim resonated in 1970s Hong Kong.
Unlike sake, Okinawan spirit awamori is distilled, making it much more potent. To this day it is made with unpolished Thai long-grain rice.
Yu Yuen sat abandoned until designer Sacha Yasumoto chose it to hold an exclusive dinner. If it’s haunted the ghosts are harmless, she says.
10 Dec 2024 - 12:40PM videocam
The Yu Yuen mansion has been left to rot for decades, but interior designer Sacha Yasumoto wants to give visitors a new appreciation for it.
The singer has made his mark on Cantopop despite once being told by superstar Anita Mui that she wanted to ‘slap you upside the head’.
6 Dec 2024 - 7:15AM videocam
These restaurants have space or private rooms for large parties, as well as Christmas menus that run the gamut from sushi to roast goose.