Kyoto’s Kibune-Kurama hike and food for the soul

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/12/23/food/short-kyoto-hike-packs-plenty-stimulate-mind-palate/#new_tab

Why Japan’s stone mining won’t attract foreign tourists

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/12/17/our-lives/western-tourists-want-japan-try-asking-one/#new_tab

Revitalizing an old Edo Period town on Japan’s Sanyo Road

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/11/26/our-lives/edo-period-post-town-okayama-re-imagines-past-reaps-tourism-dividends/#new_tab

Cycling and eating across Japan’s Seto Inland Sea islands on the Shimanami Kaido

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/11/25/food/slow-food-easy-pedaling-along-seto-inland-seas-shimanami-kaido/#.Wl268kuYPBI#new_tab

Business card etiquette in Japan

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/10/29/our-lives/business-cards-japan-many-rules-easily-often-broken/#new_tab

Eating Sanuki Udon along the Shikoku Pilgrimage

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/10/21/food/six-temples-60-km-countless-bowls-sanuki-udon-kagawa/

Alex Kerr and the Golden Era of foreigners in Japan

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/09/25/our-lives/alex-kerr-recalls-1970s-japan-david-kidd-mentor-whose-influence-never-fades/#.Wc-Tl4px2gQ#new_tab

Eating my way through the Nakasendo Lower Kiso Road

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/09/23/food/eating-way-nakasendos-lower-kiso-road/#new_tab

The Kyoto Trail–Treats and Traditions

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/08/26/food/treats-traditions-trail-kyoto/#new_tab

Blame for ‘bad tourists’ lies in the advice they never receive

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/08/27/our-lives/blame-bad-tourists-japan-lies-advice-never-receive/#new_tab

Japan could become a cruising paradise for foreign yachts

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/07/30/our-lives/red-tape-must-go-japan-woo-seafaring-visitors/#.WYFulIpLc_U#new_tab

The Kumano Kodo–Hot spring-boiled eggs, ancient bento along the trail

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2017/07/22/food/kumano-kodo-hot-spring-boiled-eggs-ancient-bento-along-trail/#new_tab

The story behind reviving the Shiraishi Island Pilgrimage

https://www.writersinkyoto.com/2017/07/reviving-an-ancient-buddhist-pilgrimage-chavez/#new_tab

A tribute to boye lafayette de mente, author of over 30 books on japan

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2017/06/25/our-lives/remembering-life-works-boye-de-mente-giant-writing-japan/#new_tab