I’ve ridden trains around the world–Europe on a rail pass too many times to...
Beth Reiber
Beth Reiber began her freelance travel-writing career pretty much straight out of college, first living in Germany, then writing about the US, and then moving to Japan. Having written Frommer's guides to Japan for more than 30 years and numerous articles, she is an expert on Japan. Her interest, however, is the world. Now living in Lawrence KS, she writes about everywhere she goes.
I’ve seen numerous waterfalls, but nothing prepared me for Iguazu Falls. In fact, I...
I feel sorry for day-trippers arriving in Macau by ferry from Hong Kong without...
It’s no secret that there’s a long-standing rivalry between Osaka and Tokyo. In fact,...
Hokkaido is Japan’s second-largest island and takes up about 22% of the country’s landmass....
It’s easy to rave against oil in today’s world–it pollutes, our dependency on it...
Tokyo’s working climate has changed dramatically since Debbie Howard came to Japan in 1985...
My first inkling that Buenos Aires would be a friendly sort of place came...
I submitted a short store called The Greeting to <a title="Kansas Voices" href="http://www.winfieldcourier.com/news/article_35b3c310-e310-11e4-91b6-67a96f4e8926.html" target="_blank"...
Back in the days when the Portuguese still ruled over Macau, nightlife consisted of...
Japan is gearing up for the debut of a new bullet train in the...
I didn’t know how lucky I was to get an apartment for practically nothing...
Before I became absorbed with the relentlessly hard work of researching and writing guide...
I’ve been going to Macau regularly since the mid-1980s, and with the exception, perhaps,...
My business in Hong Kong is to write about it so others can be...
During my travels to Japan in October/November, I gave Gillian Ferguson, supervising producer of...
I’ve been going to Ni-Chome, in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo, long before writing...
Tokyo Story, reflecting on my 30 years of covering...
On November 14 I had the honor of being a guest speaker at a...
There are Chinatowns in several port cities in Japan, including Yokohama and Nagasaki. I...
I wrote an article called <a title="Hong Kong Food & Drink Tours" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/experience/food-and-wine/tours-and-trails/food-tours-and-trails/2013/08/23/hong-kong-culinary-tours/2665971/" target="_blank"...
This article, called Let it Glow, is in...
It happened just a block from where I live. Men brandishing firearms burst into...
