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As a holiday gift to our readers, we asked contributors to reveal some of their Tokyo secrets. Find a hill full of holes, the best bagels in town, where to buy marmite, and plenty of other tidbits to help you unwrap the city this Christmas.

A family of Japanese cabbage farmers happened to be on holiday in Egypt when the Arab Spring broke out—and formed an unlikely community with the vendors at Cairo airport.

The oil from Japan’s native camellia flowers has long been used for its powerful cleansing and moisturizing properties. Rebecca Milner visits tsubaki hotspot the Goto Islands and talks to locals about the flower’s role in their culture.

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