Issue 06

I left Tokyo with a few friends long before the sun came up and started on the trail around 8 a.m. Everyone was groggy from l...

Recently my friend and I decided to try our hand at “Tokyo Backpacking.” We had both traveled on a shoestring overseas but we...

Within Japan’s musical cosmos, Polaris has been one of the brightest stars. The group’s lead singer clues us in on his favorite w...

Hitachino Nest beer from Ibaraki Prefecture distinguishes itself from other Japanese microbrews in that it is arguably the mo...

While our group was struggling to get down the bunny slope without falling, there was a skier who was kicking up rooster tail...

Eco Fashion Patagonia—Corporate Responsibility www.patagonia.comwww.onepercentfortheplanet.orgIn a world where large corporati...

Ingredients FlourEggWaterSoy sauce (shoyu)Wild vegetables (such as urui and taranome) City life forces us to recognize ...

The quaint fishing village of Ine-cho is the perfect place to while away the hours, but local lore suggests it's best to leave th...

Our longboat skims across the Batang Ai reservoir, past deadwood still rooted in the land beneath the water two decades after it ...

The South China Sea divides Malaysia nearly in half. On one side of that body of water is well-known peninsular West Malaysia and...

The mizubasho (Japanese skunk cabbage) blooms across the marshland as tourists snap their shutters along the paved forest road. S...