TRAVELER
Issue 12
Autumn 2006
Yoga
Detoxing Through Yoga
In the course of our lives, we unavoidably become exposed to some very toxic situations. Toxins can develop and accumulate as...
Spirit of Silence
Can You Feel The Music?
I was born deaf but, at a very young age, I could still pick up some low pitches. I remember sitting in front of the TV, before t...
Trail Recipes
Go Bananas!
Ingredients BananaCinnamon Powder There’s nothing like campfire cooking – a far cry from the taste you get at home. You can...
Craft Beer
Tama no Megumi Beer
The northeastern reaches of Tokyo are blessed with some remarkably fine hiking areas, with trailheads less than two hours from the...
Hiking
100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #64 Asahi-dake
It was the fourth day I had been traveling with Hiroshi Sakurai, who I had met while hitchhiking to Mt. Iide a few days before. I...
Eco Corner
Eco Corner: Choices for Sustainable Lifestyles
Eco Speedy Electric Bike Scooters are the fastest way to get around a city, and much more efficient for one person than a b...
Cultural Travel
What’s Cooking in Asia?
Cooking lessons: The travel souvenir that just keeps on giving! TOKYO
A Taste of Culture is a culinary arts program in Tokyo le...
Malaysia
Sarawak Blues
Approximately 600 kilometers from Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur, among the vast equatorial rainforests of Borneo in the s...
Onsen
Confessions of a Sento Junkie
A brief cultural history of the sento from a hot water nut I guarantee I go to the sento (public bathhouse) more than you. I k...
Cultural Travel
The Call of the Kousa
Where can you find a moose and a camel? Snow in the summer time? Wash down horse milk cheese with homemade vodka? Live in a tent ...