Hokkaido is Japan’s second-largest island and takes up about 22% of the country’s landmass....
Destinations
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...
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...
My trips to Europe have been mostly to see its greatest cities and landmarks....
My Hong Kong Explorations app won second place...
I’ve been writing about Sammy’s Kitchen for as...
When time or money prevent me from traveling farther, like across the Pacific or...
I’m sitting here in my home office, looking out the window at bare trees,...
