Category: Japan

  • 11 Great Japanese Novels in English to Read on Your Trip

    11 Great Japanese Novels in English to Read on Your Trip

    When I read Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood during a trip to Japan, both the trip and the book sparked a fascination with Japanese novels that has stayed with me ever since. This list was meant to be a top five, but I simply couldn’t choose! So instead, here are 11…

  • What’s the Beef with Kobe? 8 Things to See & Do

    What’s the Beef with Kobe? 8 Things to See & Do

    Is there anything to see and do in Kobe that doesn’t involve its famous, delicious beef? Essentially, where’s the beef in Kobe? Well, it turns out that beef isn’t Kobe’s only cash cow. There’s a lot more to see in Kobe to beef up your trip and give you enough to do until the…

  • An Osaka day, told through the medium of, Japanese haiku

    An Osaka day, told through the medium of, Japanese haiku

    What better way to start a Japan trip than with an Osaka day, as told through the medium of, Japanese haiku? (Yes, those commas are intentional – it’s a haiku.) Here is a list of things to do in Osaka, squeezed into Japan’s famous three-line poetry.