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- Gallery: Asia's first Legoland opens in Malaysia
- CNNGo TV in Boston: Red Sox, historical tours and urban retreats
- It's a buyer's market this weekend at Korea International Art Fair 2012
- Chinese tourists cancel trips to Japan amid island spat
- Diner's dilemma: Okonomiyaki or monjayaki?
- Do kids and first class mix?
| Gallery: Asia's first Legoland opens in Malaysia Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:20 PM PDT by CNNGo staff The wait is finally over, kiddies. Asia's first and much-hyped Legoland opens in Johor Bahru, Malaysia on September 15. Just a quick drive from Singapore, the 750 million ringgit (US$243 million), 30-hectare theme park dedicated to the colorful kids' bricks is made up of 40 rides, shows and attractions. Park staff claim more than 50 million bricks were used to create Legoland Malaysia, which is divided into seven sections: The Beginning; Imagination; Lego Kingdom; Land of Adventure; Miniland; Lego City; and Lego Technic. The most impressive attraction is Miniland. Made with more than 30 million pieces of Lego, it features recreated Asian landmarks scaled at 1:20, from Cambodia's Angkor Wat to Thailand's Wat Arun. read more     |
| CNNGo TV in Boston: Red Sox, historical tours and urban retreats Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:14 PM PDT This month, we are hitting Boston, the heart of New England. The sports bar with the best view in town, the trail that takes you back in time -- singer, chef and other Bostonites will show us the capital of Massachusetts multi-dimensionally. See when to catch the show on the air times below.
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| It's a buyer's market this weekend at Korea International Art Fair 2012 Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:29 PM PDT by Frances Cha Given how lackluster the art market in Korea these days, the industry is hoping that the Korea International Art Fair (KIAF) this weekend will be the start of a comeback. "It's true that the big savings bank failings and the recent economic slowdown has affected the domestic art market a great deal," says a KIAF organizer who declined to give her name, "but we're quite confident that this weekend will mark a turning point." This year, 181 galleries from 20 countries are participating in Korea's largest annual art fair, which runs from Thursday September 13-Monday September 17 at COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul. The time is right?
"Prices have not risen, and they will certainly not fall," says Park. read more    |
| Chinese tourists cancel trips to Japan amid island spat Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:14 PM PDT Some Chinese tourists from Beijing and Shanghai are calling off holiday plans to Japan for the upcoming National Day holiday, according to Chinese media. The cancellations come after the Japanese government's September 11 approval of the purchase of several small, disputed islands from a private Japanese owner, the Kurihara family, for 2.05 billion yen (US$26.2 million). Both China and Japan claim sovereignty of the islands, which are known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu Dao (钓鱼岛) in China. Safety concernsChinese tourists have expressed concerns for their safety in Japan given the current political situation, reported Shanghai Daily, Shanghai's official English-language newspaper. More on CNN: China sends patrol ships to islands at center of dispute with Japan read more    |
| Diner's dilemma: Okonomiyaki or monjayaki? Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:05 PM PDT by Brandi Goode The Kanto and Kansai regions, home to Tokyo and Osaka, respectively, have a history of rivalry longer than a line waiting to enter a Saturday-morning department store sale. Just as each city's people consider themselves unique, so too are their versions of the "as you like it" dish -- okonomiyaki (okonomi = honorable choice, yaki = fried or grilled) to its supporters. This savory pancake, sometimes referred to (by only the most literal naïfs) as Japanese pizza, is a popular snack food that goes back to a Buddhist tradition of serving crepe-like desserts called funoyaki during ceremonies. From here on out the stories of both the "original" okonomiyaki claimed by Kansai and its Kanto kin, monjayaki, (widely known as simply "monja") get a bit murky. What seems clear is that the modern form of both okonomiyaki and monja first appeared on the tables of Japan around World War II. read more    |
| Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:05 AM PDT by Karla Cripps For the last few years, I've been traveling between Bangkok and western Canada once, sometimes twice a year with my four- and five-year-old sons. Despite all that sky-high experience, I still fear holidays more than the dentist. Seventeen hours of cramped conditions, multiple airport transfers and little-to-no sleep, occasionally getting my face smashed in by a reclining seat as I bend down to pick up yet another piece of Lego that has fallen on the floor. Enough is enough. Risking the wrath of the hot-tempered travel elite, I broke the unofficial rule of air travel. Never bring kids under the age of 10 into the front end of the aircraft. Upgrade certificates in hand, for the Vancouver-Tokyo leg of our journey back to Bangkok I decided to test whether Air Canada's executive first class is soothing enough even for kids with the energy levels of Peewee Herman on speed. read more    |
Boston Public Library, "a palace for the people."The historical buliding of Boston Public Library has stood in Copley Square since 1895. 
How much would you pay for this Kohei Nawa piece? "Because the art market is not doing so well, it's actually the perfect time for the collector," says Park Mi-kyung, the head of participating Korean gallery Moon Fine Arts.| You are subscribed to email updates from CNNGo.com To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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