Eco Tourism

While most visitors to Italy flock to Amalfi and Capri, locals escape to the quieter mountain villages and seaside towns of Cilento National Park, a two-hour drive from central Naples in southern Italy.

The region has a rich history that spans more than 3,000 years and terrain ranging from jagged mountains to rolling plains to ari...

Mt. Fuji is silhouetted against a post-typhoon sunset, overlooking Yuno Village’s golden rice fields nearly ready for harvest. While Japan’s iconic volcano may seem cliché to some, for Masanori Shintani it is the source of inspiration for his lifework.

Rough-and-tumble Osaka is as famous for its delicious food as it is for yakuza. It is no surprise then that one of its longest ru...

How would you feel if tomorrow you went to the market or your favorite sushi shop and there was no bluefin tuna available? Wh...

There was a time, several decades ago, when the humpback whales stopped coming to Okinawa. Today, hundreds return each winter, an...

Each year Peace Boat travels the world on peace voyages. Participants on a recent voyage stopped in Tahiti and nearby Moorea Isla...

The cold season was just starting, so I pulled out my worn jacket from last year. I stick my hands in the pockets and find an old ...