Japan

I think the ultimate in travel luxury is the lifetime pass, or its equivalent, to something. Walt Disney World sold lifetime passes to select visitors and associates in the 1970s …

In what can only be seen as a promising sign, Japan let the COVID state of emergency protocols expire in all prefectures at the end of September. Tokyo and neighboring …

Sentencing has been handed to a woman who gave birth in an airport restroom, and then subsequently killed the baby girl and buried her in a nearby park. This tragic …

If you live in the United States, you often hear about how many people are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 with either the Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines. 4 …

When COVID-19 took over the world in early 2020, the people in charge of the Tokyo Olympics swore up and down that the Olympics would still happen that July. They …

Y’know, when Joe and I started Your Mileage May Vary, I honestly didn’t think I would ever use the words “anal swab” in a travel blog post. And yet here, …

Watching the progression of the Tokyo Summer Olympics has been kind of like watching a soap opera. For years: They’re going to be in 2020! March 2020: No wait; they’re …

Happy Sunday to all our travel friends, both near and far. Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like, so …

Do any of you have fears – well, maybe not actual FEAR fears, but something that freaks you out so much that you actively avoid it? Some people think that …

The Nikkei Business Daily has reported that Japan plans to allow “large scale” numbers of international visitors into the country ahead of the Summer Olympics, scheduled to be held in …