japan - The Mad Traveler

Most travelers to far away foreign lands can tell you stories of songs they never expected to see or hear,

Eating Tokyo: Stand-Up Sushi in Shinjuku

It’s called Uogashi Nihon-Ichi, but my friends and I just call it “that stand-up sushi bar” as there isn’t another

After arriving in Fukuoka by ferry from Busan, I spent the night there before trading in my Japan Rail Pass

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

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

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