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Travel: Wine bath resort in Japan

The Beaujolais Nouveau wine baths were officially launched on Nov 21 in Hakone, west of Tokyo. The beverage-based bathing experience includes a "red wine" hot spring with a 3.6-meter-tall wine bottle. Visitors can see the wine show, in which staff members spray bathers with a bottle of Hakone wine. Whether a visitor sees the show or not, the red wine bath is perfect for every wine lover. "Bathing in wine is a rejuvenation treatment for the body," according to the spa. Japan is a major market for the French Beaujolais Nouveau. According to local media reports, about 5.3 million bottles of the wine will be imported to Japan by the end of the year.

Rankings: Richest self-made billionaires

With a fortune of 135 billion yuan ($19.11 billion), Huang Zheng, chairman of online discounter Pinduoduo, has taken the top spot on the Hurun Under 40s China Rich List 2019. The founder of Bytedance, Zhang Yiming, ranked second, with a personal wealth of 95 billion yuan, which increased by 46 percent from last year, the fastest on the list. This year, the list ranked 54 billionaires born after 1980 whose personal wealth surpassed 2 billion yuan, four more than that of last year. Their collective wealth was 598.3 billion yuan, while average wealth surpassed 10 billion yuan for the first time, to 11.1 billion yuan. Visit our website to have a look at the country's top 10 wealthiest self-made billionaires under the age of 40.

World: Monkey festival held in Thailand

The annual Monkey Buffet Festival was held in Lopburi, Bangkok, Thailand, on Nov 24 in the overgrown and ruined Khmer temple of Pra Prang Sam Yot, where the majority of the monkeys live. The monkeys are treated with reverence and respect and are even cordially invited to attend the feast with invitations attached to cashew nuts and distributed to the guests of honor. Bananas, mangos, dragon fruits, apples, pineapples, durians and other tropical fruit was spread out for the Macaques to feast upon. The festival typically begins with live performances and dances that draw the monkeys out. The nonspiritual cultural feast is said to bring good luck to the townspeople.

Photos: Chocolate wall at railway station

A wall of chocolate at the Utrecht Centraal railway station in Utrecht, the Netherlands, has become many food lovers' new hot destination. The whole wall is made of chocolate, making it very fun, good-looking and of course, delicious. Utrecht Centraal is the largest railway station in the Netherlands, with fourteen platforms. It is also the largest by passenger volume. Visit our website to find out more.