The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country •SPECIAL EVENTS COVERAGE: Information on

•SPECIAL EVENTS COVERAGE:  Information on experiencing the Cherry Blossom Festival which takes place from March to May (or February in Okinawa)

Thirty years on

Spend all-night in a karaoke parlour in Shinjuku

illuminated by the kindness of strangers

The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country •SPECIAL EVENTS COVERAGE: Information on'A hugely enjoyable romp through the pleasures and pitfalls of setting up home in a foreign land' PD Smith, Guardian When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isnt Disneyland, but Denmark, a land often thought of by foreigners as consisting entirely of long dark winters, cured herring, Lego and pastries. What