Cultural Travel

Most people haven’t heard of this little Pacific island, but those who visit never forget hiking to hidden waterfalls, searching ...

What is 3776.24 meters tall, weighs a gazillion tons, is revered by millions and is the quintessential symbol of Japan? If you an...

The Japanese are great imitators. They love to take little slices of the rest of the world and put them here in Japan. Go to ...

All right. The Naked Stranger gets it. He digs, man. Animals behaving like people never stops being entertaining. Seeing a do...

Where are the most beautiful villages in Japan? The Naked Stranger pondered this question when he recently picked up a pamphlet a...

The Naked Stranger is a culture vulture. He loves ancient stories about Japan. He reads them voraciously. Like the famous sto...

Let’s face it. You’ve been in town too long, wandering the concrete valleys of the big city, rushing from meeting to meeting, a g...

A towering pier, a concrete yellowish block under the evening sunshine; what a powerful view. The “Gunkan” (Battleship) Island was...