When you're a successful tourist, you always venture to find the hot spots of a city. The place where the streets light up and everywhere you turn there is something to see. Big cities usually have areas where you can id…

Although I live in one of the greatest fashion capitals of the world (New York City) I've got to give it to Tokyo, Japan for opening the doors to creativity. Japanese youth fashion may be one of the strangest, but mo…

With broadband connections ten times faster than the U.S. and 90 percent of the population owning mobile phones, it is not surprising that Japan has its own “Electronic Town.” Called Akihabara, it is the center of “o…

source I know this is a sticky subject and there are dozens of horror stories from those against public health care, Michael Moore stories and opposing ones too, but here is one story for public health care. My cl…

The Onsen (温泉) or hot springs is a term typically used by the Japanese to refer to communal baths. Yes, communal bath, not swimming pool. The main purpose for going there is to bathe naked in a hot tub with a bunch of st…