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This suburban Tokyo tour, which makes a big circle around the rim of the Kanto Plain, covers about 800 kilometers and makes for a...

The most exciting (and controversial) style this past year in the beer world has been the NE IPA. Standing for either the Northea...

When Gareth Burns, a 32-year-old from Philadelphia, decided to start a brewery up in Tohoku, the most northern region of Honshu, ...

Sweetness is one of the primary tastes and, in moderation, most people enjoy a bit of sweetness now and again. We have evolved th...

When the cicadas start to sing, summer in Japan is officially underway. Mid-summer days are hot, often followed by muggy nights, ...

Our destination is the Wadi Rum Valley. Our purpose is to climb Jebel Rum and experience the desert sand and rock that captivated T. E. Lawrence in his seminal book “Seven Pillars of Wisdom.”

If someone asks you if you’d like to try rogaining, your first reaction might be to look in the mirror and make sure you aren’t losing your hair.

When I was growing up, Myanmar was one of those places from which you didn’t hear anything good. Mass media and the movies portra...