Industrial Tourism Tokyo Japan It’s an oft-overlooked fact that Tokyo is a city by the sea, and to be honest, it’s easily done. Visitors to the world’s largest urban area spend most of their time trying to keep from drowning in an ocean of metropolitan pleasures that encompass the mad kaleidoscope of rabid …
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Headed West: Rural Travel in Japan’s Noto Peninsula It’s easy to get caught up in the industrial/entertainment juggernaut that is the East Coast of Japan. The mind-bending neon and manga inspired mayhem are all consuming and distract from the fact that Japan has a West Coast, too. So it comes as a surprise …
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Photo of the Week: The Peak District England “When I was here, I wanted to be there; when I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the jungle.” says Martin Sheen’s Captain Willard in the prelude to an infamous moment of method acting/nervous breakdown at the start of Apocalypse Now. OK, …
Often synonymous with its university, the bell chimes of Oxford’s spires ring to the sounds of elitism and wealth. It is a city that has produced some of the world’s great leaders and/or some of its biggest rogues, and for most British school kids its university is a seat of learning to be aspired to …
Nankinmachi in Kobe, Japan After Japan was bullied out of its self-imposed isolation in the mid 19th Century, the port city of Kobe in southern Honshu became one of the nation’s first cities to reluctantly open its doors to the outside world. The usual hotchpotch of merchants, empire architects, bon vivants, and religious crusaders rocked-up …
Indonesia has more active volcanoes than any nation on earth. Perhaps not surprising considering it finds itself being pushed and pulled at the whim of four tectonic plates. Journeys to the country reveal a land overseen by these giants, looming over the impossibly luminescent greens of rice paddies and jungle, a beautiful yet ominous …
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The world’s largest urban area is an unlikely place to find an abundance of incredible parks and gardens, but by using the apps developed at GPSmyCity.com, visitors to Tokyo will be able to discover an amazing range of green spaces hidden among the city’s neon canyons. Whether you want to join the throngs at …
Most visitors to Japan gravitate to the East Coast industrial belt that stretches from Tokyo all the way down to Hiroshima. Which is fine, as it leaves more space for the rest of us to enjoy the West Coast. Kanazawa is one of the biggest cities in the West, and is a rare urban phenomenon …
Japan has a mind boggling array of eating establishments that cover all budgets, tastes, and quirks. However, for inexperienced visitors to this gastronomic fantasy land deciding where to eat and then picking up the courage to sit down and order can be very difficult. Hopefully these ten picks will help travelers get fed without resorting …
It’s often said of Kuta that it isn’t the real Bali. My only response to this is that it felt quite real to me and, unless there’s been a gaping error with the maps, I’m pretty sure that it is in Bali. Of course, I’m being facetious but only so as to play devil’s …
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