Tag: Japan
Random Budget Tips for Enjoying Japan
Japan is not cheap. It also wasn’t outrageously expensive like the rumors we heard. Perhaps in Tokyo, the cost of living is on the same scale as New York City or Paris, but we stayed in Osaka ...
Konda Yakushi Onsen, Japan
In memory of my mentor, Edmund Skellings (1932-2012) The mountains are gray geishas Wearing rain hazy kimonos Over the green flesh, Plying their service Outside this hot spring pool, Water heated by Mother’s forge That made ...
Japan Does So Many Things Right, Part 1
A reporter once asked Gandhi what he thought of Western Civilization and he wittily replied “I think it would be a good idea.” Having been in places of the world where the systems and infrastructures are broken, ...
Don’t Try This At Home
When we told our friend, CD, that we were heading to Japan, he commented “I understand it’s all about the ramen.” As a wine sommelier and aficionado of fine food, he nailed it. Perhaps he remembered ...