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Why do we travel? A restaurant on Osakishimo-jima helped to answer that question. To begin, this column is not designed to hig...

I love traveling as much as the next person, but being born deaf has meant my experiences have been quite different than othe...

Catching up with Jeff Jensen before his upcoming seventh New Year’s Day attempt to scale Mt. Fuji. For six consecutive years on...

Staying on the hill and out of the hospital As many of us prepare for a well-earned holiday on the ski slopes, a bit of prepar...

The Izu Peninsula’s proximity to Tokyo makes it a prime destination for getaways, with the highway along the east side jammed most...

Backpackers and cyclists often depend on frozen and dried food because they are light weight. The quality isn’t too bad, but not s...

I interviewed Moby three years ago, when the previous album, “18,” was released. It has sold more than 500 million copies so far....

The Kii Peninsula spans three prefectures: Mie, Nara and Wakayama, and is home to deep mountains and forests. Religion and cultur...