The Naked Stranger

As the Crow Flies: Yatagarasu and the Kumano Kodo Trail If you are finding it hard to get a sense of direction during thes...

Hot water is good. I love it. But not like that comfortable, homey love affair I have with my slippers. And not like that sne...

The Japanese are great imitators. They love to take little slices of the rest of the world and put them here in Japan. Go to ...

“Well, those Tokyo girls are hip, I really love those clothes they wear. And Okinawa girls with the way they talk they knock me ou...

All right. The Naked Stranger gets it. He digs, man. Animals behaving like people never stops being entertaining. Seeing a do...

Where are the most beautiful villages in Japan? The Naked Stranger pondered this question when he recently picked up a pamphlet a...

The Naked Stranger is a culture vulture. He loves ancient stories about Japan. He reads them voraciously. Like the famous sto...

Can a bathhouse be closed if the front door is left open? The Naked Stranger likes to ponder philosophical questions of life,...

The Naked Stranger is an aficionado for all things Japanese. People in his country even consider him an expert on the subject. He...

If you are a stranger in this strange land, the Naked Stranger is just like you. He is not from around here. He comes from a ...