Toilets are pretty advanced in Japan, as I've mentioned before. They will sing to you, they will wash your butt, or your front-but...

One of my favorite things about me is my Herpes Simplex 1. Remember me though? I'm unique! Have you even SEEN how I spell my name? Well-...

I fell in love with Japan almost immediately and I still haven't figured out if it was because I had just come from India which makes Ja...

The way that I travel does not lend itself well to planning ahead. It's really not possible to buy expensive guidebooks to do research a...

Just outside of Hiroshima, Japan, there's a beautiful little island called Miyajima that's totally worth a visit. It takes about an ...

Do you feel sorry for all these people I force to take my photo?   I had romantic visions of riding bicycle on my entire trip through Ea...

...or in Japanese: the Fushimi Inari. I was excited to visit this shrine not only to see the thousands of Red Gates, but also because it i...

I have never been "good at fashion". I come from the very northern part of Minnesota, from a very poor family and nobody taught me...

In India, it was nothing for me to put my Nicaraguan finger wave right in people's faces, and even less to look someone in the eye and s...

This is just the most yum thing. It's a Japanese pancake called Okonomiyaki. It's got noodles, cabbage, mince (no idea), egg and swe...