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Lake Biwa (Biwa-ko), is Japan’s largest lake with an area of 670 km. square. There are many fishing ports along its shore, and th...

Packing your backpack for spring or summer hiking trips can be a matter of preference, but one thing is certain; packing it right...

Spring is around the bend, but this year’s huge snowfall beckons for more runs. As the Haitian saying goes, "If work is such a go...

If you are a stranger in this strange land, the Naked Stranger is just like you. He is not from around here. He comes from a ...

My buddy Gary calls me late at night saying there is some action I should take at first light. I tell him I’ll come around be...

Ingredients Tomato EggChicken stock (granulated) or consomméSaltPepper Staying with the same theme as last issue, we’re...

Yoho Brewing is one of the few Japanese craft breweries without a brewpub or restaurant. Yet the well-known Yona Yona Ale the...

The day I decided to go, I exited the station and walked down the road alongside the tracks. Just past a yakitori-ya was a tonkat...