https://www.scmp.com/rss/267267/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com What is it? A boutique hotel a stone’s throw from the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan, and 90 minutes by road from Osaka’s Kansai International Airport. What’s special about it? Noku Kyoto has three main things going for it: location, location and location. Just a minute’s walk from Marutamachi Station, the hotel is a great base for travellers keen to explore Japan’s cultural capital. Start next door at the Imperial Palace and Garden, once home to the emperor of Japan but now crawl­ing with... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2008239/travel-noku-kyoto-perfect-base-explore-japans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2008239/travel-noku-kyoto-perfect-base-explore-japans?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:00:30 +0000 How much technology should you let your child use? Zero, if you ask me. My husband and I strictly limit our children's screen time (we'd rather they play cricket - or do nothing). But on a rainy weekend when my six-year-old son asked to play on my iPhone, I relented. Ten minutes later, I heard beep after beep after beep … incoming messages. I grabbed the phone. The first read, "Your transaction of HK$116 made with credit card no 1234 5678 910 has been approved." A second message said HK$78 had... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1856905/nostalgic-my-nokia-after-son-6-blows-1500-smartphone-apps?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1856905/nostalgic-my-nokia-after-son-6-blows-1500-smartphone-apps?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Sep 2015 00:00:45 +0000 Last month, a video of a mainland mother clutching a nappy as her toddler squatted and urinated into it on a street in Mong Kok went viral. It's a scene not unfamiliar to parents of young children the world over (when a child's gotta go, a child's gotta go) but the video became yet another flashpoint in what was already a tense relationship between Hong Kong and the mainland. That incident ended in a scuffle, which led to the arrest of the mainland parents and caused an uproar, both online and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1507283/rant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1507283/rant?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 May 2014 14:39:41 +0000 Despite its unwieldy title, “The Majesty of All Under Heaven: The Eternal Realm of China’s First Emperor” is an excellent exhibition currently running at the Hong Kong Museum of History. It features many valuable Qin dynasty (221-207BC) artefacts – national treasures rarely seen outside the mainland. In terms of the quality of their collections and the affordability of their admission prices, museums are among the few things that offer good value for money in Hong Kong. It is just unfortunate... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1047759/reflections-show-stopping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1047759/reflections-show-stopping?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Do you find yourself constantly obsessing over your child's English skills? Are you worried that your child's vocabulary is smaller than that of their peers? If your answer is yes, you are not alone. But one product that can ease some of that stress is LeapFrog's Tag Reading System. Aimed at four- to eight-year-olds, the system claims to help children build English skills such as vocabulary, phonics and reading comprehension. The Tag Reader is a great way to make learning fun because in the... https://www.scmp.com/article/978029/tag-reading-system?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/978029/tag-reading-system?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:00:00 +0000 As the mother of a three-year-old who is allowed no television time at all, I was sceptical of this product but decided to give it a try. I was in for a surprise. Who knew teaching your child phonics could be this much fun? Developed for four- to six-year olds, BBC Words and Pictures: Fun with Phonics is a multi-sensory programme that helps children learn English through the use of phonics. Phonics is a method of teaching English reading to children by first introducing the letter sounds and... https://www.scmp.com/article/974345/fun-phonics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/974345/fun-phonics?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:00:00 +0000