Critic’s Choice
A monthly series in which Times critics and columnists review the best places on Earth to pursue their particular passions.
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Yoshikazu Mera stands less than 5 feet tall, barely a head higher than the closed lid of the piano next to him.
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One car, 16 days and 4,500 miles of Chilean roads.... You call this a dream drive?
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In venues as unlikely as an alleyway and a one-time brewery, a surprising contemporary scene takes wing in three Polish cities.
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In Australia’s food-obsessed seaport city, chefs bring precision to their craft, reinterpreting Asian and Continental cuisines with the freshest ingredients. The world is taking notice.
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Beneath Joycean kitsch, a visitor can find the literary soul of the city, past and present.
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Innovative galleries and artists, museums packed with treasures give the city its soul.
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Latin music is the vibrant, heart-thumping essence of Catalonia’s capital, where the sound never stops.
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London’s hot new bands and cool venues, its energy, its edge. Long live the scene.
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Searching for the deserted-island fantasy of a hit TV show, a visitor finds an even better escape -- Oahu’s North Shore.
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Infused with energy and ambition, the city’s buildings reflect its cosmopolitan past.
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Why visit this legendary city only to while away the hours in the recesses of its fantastic movie palaces? Film lovers say it’s cinematic heaven.
