Near Tokyo

They call it “Bonin Blue.” Here I hovered, 60 feet under, surrounded in sapphire. Below, large boulders littered the sea floor. I...

There are no beaches here, at least not sandy ones. No seaside inns. The terrain is best described as vertical, making one wo...

"There are only three real sports: Mountaineering, race car driving and bullfighting." —Ernest Hemingway Hemingway was ont...

When I was asked to go to Miyakejima, I didn’t know anything about the island. I didn’t know there was a volcano. I didn’t know t...

Koedo Beer was founded in Kawagoe in the spring of 1996 and, after several years of growth, a new brewery was built a bit further...

Big Kahuna brings surfing and Hawaiian brotherhood to burned-out businessmen in Chiba.

The name Shonan is synonymous with water sports on its famous long beaches, from surfing to swimming to windsurfing to yachting. A...

During the warmer months, there are many places in Japan where you can enjoy a cold beer in the beer garden tradition. While such ...