Inna and I parted at the Tokyo Central Train Station where she caught the train to Narita Airport and then
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #35 – TRANSIT 101
I could provide no greater travel service than to teach you how to travel by train and bus in Japan.
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #34 – DRUGS
The Japanese have some of the harshest drug laws in the world. The US State Department warns of how
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #33 – ALL THE FISH IN THE SEA
Traveling to Japan is relentlessly weird. Our body clocks were out of whack for the first few days from horrific
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #32 – MAN PURSES
The Japanese are very fashion conscious. Clothes make the man or woman. You are what you look like. And the
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #31 – TILE
As I mentioned in an earlier blog, Japanese architecture — other than the shrines, temples, and the occasional super rich guy’s
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #30 – KIDS RULE!
Japan is dying! And they need more babies fast. Japan has the oldest population on earth, along with one of
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #29 – HIGHER GROUND
When you visit a town like Kyoto, a city renowned for its incredible variety of Buddhist temples, you can tell
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #28 – SHRINES & TEMPLES
For a nation that is usually described as not being very religious, Japan has an inordinate amount of shrines and
JAPANESE SNAPSHOTS – #27 – CLEAN WATER
Contrary to what most folks think, Japan remains pretty much undeveloped. The southern island of Kyushu is too hot and the