Travel

*This post was originally posted on September 30, 2019. Looks like we aren't the only ones gearing up for a three-day weekend....

One of the best things about traveling through Japan is the scenic train rides that duck into tunnels and emerge into mountainous...

The Koenji Market is a lively monthly affair where growers and producers from Ibaraki, Fukushima and Saitama prefectures join a n...

Walking through a damp, faint trail along a rice paddy, long curly grey locks peak out around the corner of a room where stacks o...

Discover the centuries-old secret behind what keeps southern Japan's mountains growing

In 2011 the largest earthquake in Japan’s recorded history—known as the Great East Japan Earthquake—destroyed much of the coastal...

There wasn’t much to see in Ashiharabashi before Up Market set out its first tents six years ago. Former home to Osaka’s leather-...

I am sitting in the mouth of a deep, sandy channel facing the open sea. Sharks circle in front of me and black snapper coast out ...