Japan

Have you ever felt like there are certain places in the world that you’re almost expected to visit? Maybe they’re one of the Wonders of the World. Or maybe they’re…

The Accor Group is already a major hotel company in Asia. We stayed at two Sofitel properties in Vietnam and Cambodia and both of them were incredibly impressive. However, their…

The Japanese have quite an obsession with sex. As a country, they have one of the most robust adult-toy and pornography industries in the world. Some of their TV commercials…

Joe and I have been fans of Japan for years. My first visit was in 1995; Joe’s in 2005. And ever since, we’ve tried to go back every 5 to…

There are currently 21 countries that are still closed to most U.S. visitors due to Covid: Bhutan Cameroon China Eswatini Falkland Islands Kiribati Lesotho Libya Macau Marshall Islands Mayotte Montserrat…

Japan has been one of the biggest holdouts in terms of reopening for tourism since COVID. They’ve only just opened the tourism door, and it’s only a teeny tiny crack.…

Earlier this month, the headlines that got travelers’ attention was that Japan planned to reopen to international tourists in June. The announcement had been made by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida…

After my co-worker learned about my travel hobby/obsession/blog, he asked me where I’ve traveled. I rattled off a few places, such as Japan and Austria, and he replied that he’d…

Vietnam Vietnam had not planned to open for tourism until this summer. However the Vietnamese tourism ministry is now hopeful the country will be able to fully reopen its borders…

While our plans to revisit Japan started months earlier, we’ll join the story in January 2020 when I found business class award flights with the points we had in the…