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Regions
Regions
The Local Brew
Isekadoya Beer
Isekadoya began in April 1997, primarily brewing English-style ales. These beers gave them a fair amount of attention in their fi...
Cycling Japan
Hakkoda and Shimokita Peninsula Loop
Mountains, sea, capes, wilderness, forests and hot springs – this cycling trip is dotted with natural attractions. Moreover, ...
Faces in the Crowd
Daichi: A Small Shop Built on Big Ideas
Nakatsu is a small city of 85,000 in Kyushu’s Oita Prefecture about halfway between the famous hot springs of Beppu to the ea...
Onsen
Episode 2: High Times in Manza
The Naked Stranger is an aficionado for all things Japanese. People in his country even consider him an expert on the subject. He...
Features
Jungle Boogie
"Sting and his friends sing with Brazilian stars at a pay-per-view rainforest benefit concert?" This was my remark when asked ...
Malaysia
Sarawak Surprise
The Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) had been on my bucket list for years. A decade of pilgrimages to Sado Island’s Earth C...
Japan Angler
Love for the ‘Gedou’
Foreign anglers who show up in Japan with an itch to fish often find themselves overwhelmed with the slew of new target species a...
High Tide
The Japanese Fisherman: An Endangered Species
Rising fuel prices, a declining fish population and diminishing returns conspire to against one of Japan’s living cultural treasu...