Travel Dispatch: Prepping for Mother’s Day
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Travel Dispatch

May 7, 2025

With Mother’s Day right around the corner, here are a handful of stories that might be of interest — either as inspiration for last-minute gifts, or as a way of connecting with or better understanding your mom.

A long room with a narrow pool running down its length in the middle. On the right side, there are wooden columns and windows. On the left, there is a long brown wall up high, and there are beige chairs and couches underneath it. In front of the furniture, stairs lead into the pool. Two large beige lights that look like overturned bowls hang from the ceiling.

Robert Rieger

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A rock formation is seen against a blue sky and with trees in the foreground, the image is swirling, as though the camera was moving when it was taken.

Nate Abbott for The New York Times

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A long massage bed has a dark length of fabric folded across the center; atop that is a brass bowl. Against one beige wall of the narrow room is a gong, and along another wall is a wooden shelf with a ceramic bowl and mirror. The room also has floor to ceiling wooden cabinets, and a narrow shower behind a wooden wall. Dangling from the ceiling are multiple brass bell-like fixtures.

Six Senses Kyoto

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The rugby star Ilona Maher clutches a purple-and-white ball to her chest with her right arm as she runs down the field. She is wearing a red, white and blue U.S. Olympic uniform and is looking directly at the camera.

Michael Steele/Getty Images

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