When I first came to Tokyo in the mid 1980s, I stayed with a...
Year: 2019
Nine years have passed since Japan’s northeastern coast was hit by a triple...
For the longest time, it seemed like I could talk hardly anyone into visiting...
Cincinnati and Cleveland get all the glory–or at least the sports fans, though I...
In a nation famous for its high-tech bidet toilets, Tokyo is apparently also...
One of my most sensuous memories is of a tree, in a forest of...
Be More Japan, a hardback with lots of graphics covering a wide range...
Sintra was the playground of Portugal’s 19th-century rich, which explains why it has...
Bourbon is in a class all its own. It’s America’s only designated “native spirit,”...
Barbados has it nailed when it comes to tiny houses, painted in pastels of...
If you like Malbec, there’s no finer place to sample some of the world’s...
My last name is a dead giveaway to my German ancestry. But even though...
I’ve been to Argentina twice, beguiled by the hip European-like vibe of Buenos Aires,...
I’ve always been a strictly beer, wine, and milk(!) kind of gal. But...
A lifelong independent traveler, I’ve always been defiantly, even snobbishly, critical of cruises....
Japan’s first contact with the Western world was in 1543 with the arrival of...
The Seto Inland Sea (Seto-Naikai) is considered Japan’s most scenic waterway, a vast emerald...
The horrific tsunami that swept across Iwate Prefecture and other areas of Tohoku’s coast...
I always make a point of stopping at the local tourist office when arriving...
Yes, vintage American cars show up on virtually every website post or magazine...
Tipping is weird. Why, after all, are consumers responsible for the livelihood of people...
Travel Awaits put out its recommendations of places to go in 2019. When they...
