Japan - The Mad Traveler

Just before I left Xi’an, China this week, my traveling companion Xixi informed me that CCTV, Chinese State Television, was

Osaka Hotel Moment: Liar’s Club Redux

Back in the 70s there was a show called the Liar’s Club. Celebrities on a panel were given a strange

As I stand on the Aioi Bridge in Hiroshima, I look up at the cold gray sky. The rain and

Back in Japan again a year later doing my annual Tokyo/Osaka/Nagoya rounds of marketing appointments and — horror of horrors

Tokyo. Osaka. Nagoya. Four days of appointments and then each night I rush back to the hotel, gather my luggage,

This is only my second time in Tokyo and I find the relative quiet of this city startling. I never

No, just kidding, Kyoto was cool. Lots of history for a former capital of the empire. Temples and shrines galore

Coming soon: KYOTO! Coming not quite as soon: Southern Thailand (it will depend on internet availability, but during March 5-19

I have no use for traffic signals controlling me when no one else is around. Wastes time and in the

Getting around to appointments in Tokyo has been like Amazing Race meets Mah Jong meets Godzilla vs. Mothra. Pretty much

So my map has nothing in English on it. Just pictures of major buildings and lots of Chinese and Japanese

So I ducked under the blizzard. My flight was cancelled the night before but in the morning I was able