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Eco Corner
Eco Corner: Choices for Sustainable Lifestyles
Eco ExcitementGreen Roller Coaster It doesn’t do a loop-to-loop or go 1,000 miles an hour, but the pedal powered Skycycle roll...
Foodie Travel
Why Do We Travel?
Why do we travel? A restaurant on Osakishimo-jima helped to answer that question. To begin, this column is not designed to hig...
Spirit of Silence
Problems with Passing Notes…
I love traveling as much as the next person, but being born deaf has meant my experiences have been quite different than othe...
Columns
Tamago Oziya (Egg & Rice Soup)
Backpackers and cyclists often depend on frozen and dried food because they are light weight. The quality isn’t too bad, but not s...
Travelers Tune
‘Encountering Aliens’ With Moby
I interviewed Moby three years ago, when the previous album, “18,” was released. It has sold more than 500 million copies so far....
Cultural Travel
Kii Mountains—Guarded by Gods
The Kii Peninsula spans three prefectures: Mie, Nara and Wakayama, and is home to deep mountains and forests. Religion and cultur...
Features
Blessings for Bali
In the days since the recent tragic bombings, the Balinese people seek to return their beloved island to a state of grace through...
Eco Tourism
Yakushima
It had been raining since the previous day, and I could feel the thick moisture spread through the air, falling through the crevi...