Surfing capital of Japan

Chikura-machi is a small town on the Pacific coast of Japan, about 150 km SE of Tokyo, opposite Toky...
Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto was the highlight of my three weeks spent traveling through Japan. A three hour trip by Shinka...
By boats to Riykyu/Nansei Shoto archipelago

A most fantastic and relaxing way to go from Japan to Taiwan is by boat, through the route: Tokyo -...
A less busy city life ...

In the summer of 2003, I made my first overseas voyage to the country of Japan. Having made the deci...
A Trip to Hakone

Hakone is perhaps the most famous National Park and resort area in Japan, equivalent to America's Ye...
Narita City: A good 7-Hour Layover

So you’re sitting in New Tokyo International Airport at the beginning your 7-hour layover while en...
Yokohama -- Tokyo's forgotten neighbour

Yokohama is Japan's 3rd largest city, after Tokyo and Osaka. As the major port on Tokyo Bay, it ship...
Bright Lights, Big City

Tokyo is a decidedly sprawling and bustling city which, though interesting, to me seems to lack the...
One Half Year Japan
The Nagoya region is comparable to the industrial regions of the Ruhrgebiet in Germany or Detroit in...
THE BEST-DRESSED PEOPLE ON EARTH

Tokyo is so vast that if you're only staying for a short while, it is almost worth more to thoroughl...