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Busking Beyond Borders
Waiting for our flight home from the Philippines, Shino and I compared passport stamps and realized we’d been to more than 30 cou...
Features
2019 Rugby World Cup Travel Guide
Japan is the first Asian country to host the Rugby World Cup as twelve cities from Hokkaido to Kyushu welcome rugby fans from aro...
Events
What’s Happening in October
Setouchi Triennale 2019Held once every three years, this world-famous contemporary art festival held on the Seto Inlands was laun...
Cultural Travel
Sado, the Island of Art and Music
An island with a colorful past has long attracted local and international creatives to its rocky shores. The collective soul of S...
Travel
Preparing for a Super Typhoon
*This post was originally posted on September 30, 2019. Looks like we aren't the only ones gearing up for a three-day weekend....
Yamagata
Japan’s Great Northwest
One of the best things about traveling through Japan is the scenic train rides that duck into tunnels and emerge into mountainous...
Climbing
Alone in the Lion’s Den
High on the flanks of Gunma Prefecture’s Mt Komochi, the striking outline of Lion Rock (Shishi-iwa) is visible from the Kan-etsu ...
Market Watch
Koenji Market
The Koenji Market is a lively monthly affair where growers and producers from Ibaraki, Fukushima and Saitama prefectures join a n...
