The Tyler Foundation journeys to the summit This summer, the Tyler Foundation will be leading a group of climbers to the top of Mt. Fuji. But the reward will be more than the sunrise. Participants will be carrying Beads of Courage (r) to the top to inspire children fighting cancer in Japan. Small in size, [...]
Special discounted rates start from $220 + 10% tax per night including a complimentary one category upgrade. Valid: February 1 ~ 29, 2012 & March 17~ 31, 2012 (based on availability) Visit the Pacific Islands Club Saipan to experience a memorable holiday that captures the hearts of adults and kids alike. PIC (www.picresorts-saipan.com) is located [...]
Special discounted rates start from $150 + 10% tax per night including a complimentary one room upgrade. Visit the Pacific Islands Club Saipan to experience a memorable holiday that captures the hearts of adults and kids alike. PIC (www.picresorts-saipan.com) is located on prime 58,000 sq. meters of beachfront property, just three hours south of Japan, [...]
The Philippines: August 3-12 Cambodia: August 10-21 UNION is an opportunity for people in Japan to learn from and connect to communities in the developing world to help with understanding about poverty and how together we can all make a difference for the neglected poor. UNION members work as a team, alongside the community on [...]
BY ALENA ECKELMANN The year is almost finished and I am making plans for the holiday season. How to get into the swing of things to be ready for the festive onslaught that awaits me at my parents’ place in Germany? I want to see some of Tokyo’s illuminations before getting on the plane home, [...]
BY TINA BURRETT AND CHRISTOPHER SIMONS For 359 days of the year, the charming but remote town of Aomori, at the very tip of Northern Honshu, receives little attention and even fewer visitors. But for six days at the start of August, the town comes to life with the burst of colour, light, and sound: [...]
BY KATY LOWEN I lost my virginity in the last weekend of July. That is, my music festival virginity. Since I grew up in the UK, where there is a plethora of music festivals, most are stunned it’s taken me this long. Glastonbury, on which Fuji Rock Festival is based, certainly has its draws, but [...]
BY DEE GREEN, PHOTOS BY DEE GREEN AND TRACEY TAYLOR If “life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale,” as Hans Christian Andersen suggested, then a trip to the enchanted island of Yakushima is definitely a chapter. It’s a magical never-never land, but not too far-far away. A week is better, but a weekend is [...]
BY JANE DWYER-YAMADA New York, London, Paris…and of course Tokyo. Yes, it can be easy to forget that I live in a world-class city. At times, it can be a little too easy to take this wonderful place for granted. In reality, even after ten years of living here there is still so much I [...]
BY KRISTI HEMMER My friends always imagine I’m doing glamorous things when I’m backpacking. That I’m taking the sunset cruise, eating yummy Thai dishes served with bamboo leaf garnishes, and drinking Singapore Slings from a coconut. They imagine me spending money all day long like they do when they travel to Disney, The Alamo, or [...]
