Issue 72

Nearly four years ago, I wrote about how craft cider (called シードル from the French cidre) was relatively hard to find in Japan, an...

A passion for the outdoors and cultural preservation were the inspiration of four friends to convert a kominka into Zenagi, ...

Green-carpeted staircases leading to the ocean, rustic wooden houses lined up along the bay and glassy lagoons where dolphins awa...

The best of adventure films hits the big screen this autumn as Banff Mountain Film Festival returns to Japan. With inspiring ...

Rugby World Cup FinalTwo nations will battle for the Webb Ellis Cup at the highly anticipated Rugby World Cup finale. If you don’...

Waiting for our flight home from the Philippines, Shino and I compared passport stamps and realized we’d been to more than 30 cou...

Japan is the first Asian country to host the Rugby World Cup as twelve cities from Hokkaido to Kyushu welcome rugby fans from aro...

An island with a colorful past has long attracted local and international creatives to its rocky shores. The collective soul of S...

One of the best things about traveling through Japan is the scenic train rides that duck into tunnels and emerge into mountainous...

High on the flanks of Gunma Prefecture’s Mt Komochi, the striking outline of Lion Rock (Shishi-iwa) is visible from the Kan-etsu ...

The Koenji Market is a lively monthly affair where growers and producers from Ibaraki, Fukushima and Saitama prefectures join a n...

Walking through a damp, faint trail along a rice paddy, long curly grey locks peak out around the corner of a room where stacks o...