Dreamscapes Travel & Lifestyle

WINTER 2019/2020 DREAMSCAPES 45 I n July 2020, Shinjuku will be at the centre of the Olympic Games. Often referred to as the Times Square of Tokyo, the area's new National Stadium is undergoing a $1.26-billion rebuild for the upcoming Summer Games. This city within a city is known for its skyscrapers and flashy billboards and its wide range of attractions, which include the charming winding alleys in the micro-neighbourhood of Golden Gai with its more than 200 bars and restaurants, the ever-popular Robot Restaurant featuring cabaret-style shows, Yayoi Kusama Museum and live jazz performances and whisky tasting at the Park Hyatt's New York Bar. olympic.org/Tokyo-2020 JAPAN NATIONAL TOURISM ORGANIZATION C uba is gearing up for its 2019/20 tourism season with a number of luxury resorts, resulting in 4,200 new hotel rooms ready to welcome tourists from Canada and around the world. In Havana, head to the new five-star urban resorts—Iberostar Grand Hotel Packard, Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana or the Sofitel Prado Malecón—to cele- brate the city's 500 th anniversary with music, live performances and revelry. In Cayo Cruz, two new hotels include the Valentin Cayo Cruz and the Hotel Marina & Spa Cayo Cruz. In Holguín, the new five-star Iberostar Albatros Guardalavaca is an ideal choice. In Cayo Guillermo, the luxu- rious Cayo Guillermo Resort Kempinski features 245 rooms and suites, including six over-water villas. Nearby in Playa Playuelas, MGM Gran Muthu Rainbow Hotel was created for the LGBT community. GoCuba.ca JESSON + COMPANY F ollowing a three- year expansion project, the Musée Ingres has reopened its 19 th -century building in Montauban, the birth- place of the French neoclassical painter Jean-August-Dominique Ingres. Situated in the heart of southwest France, this flagship of French culture houses an exceptional collec- tion of the master's paintings and drawings, the largest outside of the Louvre Museum in Paris. In 2019/20, the museum will showcase four expositions: Dans l'atelier d'Ingres, from December 14, 2019 to June 7, 2020; Constellation Ingres Bourdelle, from December 14 to June 7; Un site très convoité, du château comtal au musée du XXI e siècle: le musée Ingres Bourdelle, from December 14 to June 7; and L'oeil de la machine 2019/Miguel Chevalier, from December 14, 2019 to December 15, 2020. museeingresbourdelle.com MUSÉE INGRES O ne of the best places in the world to see the aurora borealis is in the Northwest Territories. The northern lights come out to play more than 200 nights a year, giving visitors ample opportunity to experience this breath- taking phenomenon. And there are a number of ways to do just that. Soak up the local culture and sample traditional food as the northern lights dance above you before you retire to your igloo for the night. Leave Yellowknife's city lights behind as you ride a snowmobile to your wilderness cabin 30 min- utes away. At Aurora Village just outside Yellowknife, savour a gourmet meal in a VITeepee before you settle into a heated outdoor seat to witness the greatest show on Earth. Or head out on an aurora photography tour with Sundog Adventures. It doesn't get much better than this. spectacularnwt.com CTC

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