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The museum receives about seven million visitors each year, making it one of the most popular art destinations in the world.

“If you see a step up, it’s time to change your shoes,” said Llew Thomas, our tour leader, as we entered the guesthouse. Wooden geta sandals were lined up in a row but slipping into them was no easy feat. It required balance and dexterity to remove our boots and step up without touching the mud-flecked entrance floor again. Wearing the right footwear in the right place is huge in Japan; there are even special plastic sliders for the lavatory.

From cultural quirks to dining-room etiquette, our writer shares her experiences and offers tips for first-time travellers

In the early 1960s a trio at the Rockefeller Institute started a bold experiment to change the way heroin addiction was treated, and they did so using a drug originally created by “the devil’s chemist”

a href= http://www.sfmoma.org target= _blank The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art /a today announced two key appointments to further the museum&