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The juggle with saving and spending while travelling

Some experiences and desires are worth the expense, but some others don’t have to cost much.

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Shoppers browse at pop-up stores along a street decorated with Christmas lights, in the Marunouchi area of Tokyo, Japan.

Shoppers browse at pop-up stores along a street decorated with Christmas lights, in the Marunouchi area of Tokyo, Japan.

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SINGAPORE – My bathroom is gently fragranced by a bar of soap I bought from a little town in Kyushu.

It is made from precious sake lees and looks artsy. The artisan, Ms Nozomi Toyoda, had swirled ultramarine, a colour extracted from lapis lazuli, through the creamy soap.

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