Japan travel

Orlando International Airport has spent years building an impressive international route map. MCO has nonstop flights to Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, South America and the Middle East. We’ve had …

A travel mishap, some unexpected science, and a trick that might actually keep birds away from your food. If you’ve ever eaten outdoors while traveling, you might already know where …

When Americans first start traveling overseas, there’s a natural tendency to look for hotel names they already know. That’s how we ended up staying at a Best Western on our …

Planning a trip to Japan? A new entry requirement is coming—but not for a while. Japan’s government has approved what it says will be its own version of an electronic …

The first time I encountered a squat toilet was in the early to mid-1990s, when I went to Japan with a friend of mine named Teri. It was a very …

A long while ago, my husband Joe wrote about his most embarrassing travel mistake. I never paid back the favor with my own embarrassing travel story but hey, why not? …

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. The first time I went to Japan, I had little idea of how to use a squat toilet. It was …

Most people, when visiting a foreign country, try to learn a bit about where they’re going so they don’t make any social faux pas (like these), or, perhaps even more …

I’ve been to Japan 4 times. My 5th visit (4th for my husband) was supposed to be in 2020 and, well, we all know how that went. Plans for 2020 …