A traveler finds a sense of connection in the solitude of the country’s many restaurants that cater to solo dining in Japan. There was a light drizzle outside. I had…
Japan
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A spontaneous drinking bout in a Tokyo bookshop helps a jaded expat rediscover the spirit of travel. “Well that’s certainly the most pissed I’ve been in a bookshop,” I wheezed…
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A travel writer passes under changing leaves and over mountains to visit a village of scarecrows and a forest full of artwork in this story, the second of a two-part…
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A traveler experiences the tension between ancient and modern Japan as she winds through hypnotic cities and a temple-topped mountain in this story, the first of a two-part Japan series.…
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It was around 4pm on a summer evening, when a latent hangover started digging its heels into the flanks of my brain. Why we decide to stay in Shibuya’s Senta-gai…
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You’re in a cold warehouse about the size of your high school gymnasium. It’s still dark outside. Enormous tuna fish lie in rows in the middle. They are whole but are…
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We hightailed it outta Tianjin through smog that caught in your throat, erased buildings barely 50 meters away, and tinged everything with a sickly orange-brown hue. Jaded from over a…