Sponsored by Okayama city, Okayama The tip of his knife sliced through the cucumber, first in a half dozen vertical…
Todd FongSeptember 21, 2019
Sponsored by Okayama city, Okayama I admit it. By the time I had descended from Okayama Castle after viewing the…
Todd FongSeptember 19, 2019
Perched on a hill overlooking the Asahi River, Okayama Castle, also known as "Crow Castle" (烏城 U-jō ) once acted as…
Todd FongSeptember 18, 2019
Standing outside of Yurakucho Station in central Tokyo, I catch the white flash of a Shinkansen bullet train as it…
Todd FongMay 25, 2019
Sponsored by Tourism Oita As we approached the main street of Yunohira Onsen (湯平温泉), I was a bit surprised. Thirty…
Todd FongMarch 3, 2019
Sponsored by Tourism Oita Mick Jagger famously lamented in song, "You can't always get what you want." I wonder if…
Todd FongMarch 2, 2019
Sponsored by Tourism Oita Using Google Maps to navigate to a destination in Japan is a bit of an adventure…
Todd FongMarch 1, 2019
Sponsored by Tourism Oita When arriving in Taketa city for the first time, the best advice I can give you…
Todd FongFebruary 28, 2019
Sponsored by Tourism Oita In 1891, a young man stood, perhaps on the very spot I now stood, and surveyed…
Todd FongFebruary 27, 2019
Sponsored by Tourism Oita February is a bit of an odd time for a farm stay in Oita Prefecture. According…
Todd FongFebruary 26, 2019
Thankfully, there are several pairs of galoshes (rubber boots) reserved for guests by the door in the rear of Ganiba…
Todd FongFebruary 13, 2019
To reach Gozanoishi, I scrambled down a low snow-covered embankment, with the grace of a newborn three-legged deer, nearly falling…
Todd FongFebruary 12, 2019
This past year, a second ramen shop in Tokyo earned a Michelin star in the latest ratings. Ramen, one of…
Todd FongFebruary 11, 2019
Sponsored by Semboku City The weeping cherry trees, renowned for their flowing pink blossom-covered branches in the Spring, hung heavy…
Todd FongFebruary 10, 2019
I have a little secret to spill. When my son was a toddler, we bought him a Tomy Plarail toy…
Todd FongFebruary 9, 2019
Sponsored by Semboku City With his ski pole, Hiro-san drew a cute little monster face on the meter-sized ball of…
Todd FongFebruary 8, 2019
Sponsored by Shinshu-Iiyama Tourism Bureau It seemed like a simple question: where could I go to catch Shinshu Salmon? As one…
Todd FongDecember 3, 2018
Sponsored by Shinshu-Iiyama Tourism Bureau Ascent to Kosuge Shrine The cedar trees were impossibly straight, like huge iron pipes driven into…
Todd FongNovember 27, 2018
Standing under the yellow canopy of beech trees on the Shin-etsu Trail as I lifted my camera to my eye,…
Todd FongNovember 23, 2018
Sponsored by Fukushima City Tourism and Convention Association. I peered into the darkness beyond the corridor faintly lit by an…
Todd FongNovember 18, 2018
Sponsored by Fukushima City Tourism and Convention Association. While staying in Fukushima City to attend the Iizaka Kenka Matsuri, I…
Todd FongNovember 16, 2018
Compared to the generic experience of modern chain hotels, the Japanese ryokan experience offers travelers the opportunity to enjoy a…
Todd FongNovember 14, 2018
Sponsored by Fukushima City Tourism and Convention Association. Fukushima Prefecture boasts a diverse geography which includes soaring mountain ranges, plains…
Todd FongNovember 11, 2018
Sponsored by Fukushima City Tourism and Convention Association. As the huge float swung our way with a dozen men carried…
Todd FongNovember 9, 2018
