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Songkran 2026 shows Thailand at its most colourful online
Published on 18/04/2026
» Songkran 2026 confirmed that Thailand’s New Year festival is no longer just about buckets and water guns, but a full-blown digital spectacle -- now with Unesco-approved cultural credentials to match. Celebrated for the first time as a Unesco-listed form of living heritage, the holiday splashed across social media, showing how tradition, pop culture and a healthy disregard for staying dry can happily coexist both online and on the street.
New taste tinglers for your palate
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 16/04/2026
» Bangkok is a city that never sleeps, at least in the food and beverage department. Blink and you’ll miss another new restaurant opening, a drink launch, or a new nightclub. Guru By Bangkok Post is making sure that even if you blink, you don’t miss out on the new taste tinglers that are worth mentioning, in Bangkok and beyond.
Queen Mother honoured at Central Embassy's 'A Sense Of Thai 2026' textile showcase
Life, Published on 14/04/2026
» The heritage of Thai textiles is presented in a contemporary global context during "A Sense Of Thai 2026: Rooted In Heritage – A Textile Through Time", which is running at Central Embassy, Phloenchit Road, until Sunday.
Japan to raise price of tourist rail pass
Kyodo News, Published on 13/04/2026
» JR group companies will raise prices for its Japan Rail Pass, a ticket aimed at foreign tourists that allows unlimited travel on trains across Japan, including most shinkansen bullet train services.
GOHAN: One stray dog, three stray people
Khanaphot Saengchai, Published on 12/04/2026
» With the same producer as How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024), GOHAN (2026) is proof that these people know how to make a tear jerking film with a universally heart touching topic about a family member. This time, in GOHAN, instead of an abandoned grandma, it's about an abandoned dog (and three abandoned humans.)
This year, Songkran hits a little bit different
Life, Niki Chatikavanij, Published on 11/04/2026
» As Thais gear up for the upcoming Songkran holiday, I can't help but notice how this year's highly anticipated days off and time off work have a bit more nuance to them than usual. Granted, people are still discussing rest, relaxation and how they will fully utilise their time away from the office, whilst the jetset crowd will undoubtedly make full use of flying overseas and avoiding Middle Eastern routes, but something feels a bit different this year.
Songkran 2026 around Bangkok: where to make merit then get soaked
Komsan Jandamit, Published on 09/04/2026
» Songkran in 2026 is best tackled like Bangkok traffic: pick your lane early, commit, and keep a dry change of clothes within reach. The Thai New Year’s water fights still dominate the headlines, but this year’s smartest day trips mix temple-time calm with big-city spectacle, from Rattanakosin’s most photogenic blessings to Samut Prakan’s late-April Mon traditions — plus a flagship “Maha Songkran” festival that is setting up shop at Benchakitti Park.
Driving ambition
Life, S.P. Somtow, Published on 04/04/2026
» Singapore Lirica Arts is a relatively new organisation and last week's production of Verdi's Macbeth was its very ambitious first full-scale opera production.
Guru's Weekly Buzz: April 3-9
Guru, Guru writers, Published on 03/04/2026
» Guru By Bangkok Post's weekly pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
Inheriting the brush
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 28/03/2026
» At first glance, a mural resembles a familiar backdrop to an ubosot at any temple. You expect it to depict themes from the Jataka Tales and the Tripitaka to legends and folklore. But upon closer look, it reveals something different -- it is deeply personal, vernacular and subversive of gender norms.