TRAVELER
Issue 01
Autumn 2005
Columns
Traveling Without Sound
Like most people, I love traveling. However, I explore a soundless world—as I was born deaf. Although I can’t hear, I understand n...
Craft Beer
The Fishmarket Taproom
The Izu Peninsula’s proximity to Tokyo makes it a prime destination for getaways, with the highway along the east side jammed most...
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...
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...
Features
Maharaja Nights
The castle town of Mandawa serves as the ideal anchor for a visit to Shekavati. In the 18th century Thakur Nawal Singh built a la...
Asia Pacific
The Painted Desert
A narrow strip of road leads four hours northward from Jaipur, through the desert to the land of Shekhavati, to extraordinary fre...
Features
Kintaro Walks Japan
A search for my father’s birthplace brought me to the land of rising suns and falling pink blossoms. Locals dubbed me Kintaro—Gol...
Hiking
100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #82: Yarigatake
After seven hours of straight hiking, I can see the unmistakable spear-like peak of Yarigatake in sight. "Just a little more," I ...