This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Food in Hawaii In Hawaii, specifically Waikiki, you can find much of the usual fare: American (including popular chains such as Denny’s and McDonald’s), Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and… Read More »
This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Wyndham Timeshare When we were taking a stroll a few blocks away from our hotel, we came across a park paved with artificial grass sporting a large metal… Read More »
This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Japanese in Hawaii Although I expected to see more Japanese people in Hawaii than in Portland (which in turn has a higher percentage of Japanese people than many… Read More »
This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Hotel When I had told a friend I was going to Hawaii, he immediately responded in surprise, saying something like, “Wow, the hotel must have been really expensive!”.… Read More »
This article is a part of series of articles about my 2017 trip to Hawaii. Please see the table of contents that contains links to other chapters. Why Hawaii? After much discussion we settled on Hawaii not just because of the Japanese culture there, but also because it was significantly closer to us (in Portland,… Read More »
Hawaii Travelogue: a Japan away from Japan This year, I decided to go with my family on vacation to Hawaii, where we stayed for around a week in Waikiki, one of the biggest tourist areas (観光地) of Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. As someone who has a spent a large part of the last… Read More »
I generally try to keep posts on this blog focused on Japanese culture or language, but once in a while I’ll post someting a bit off topic. This is one of those posts, but I hope you enjoy it. Actually, there is a small connection to Japan which I’ll talk about near the end. As my family and… Read More »
“Memoirs of a traveller” (ある旅人の手記) is another short story I recently found on the free novel and short story site 「小説家になろう」. It reasonably short, at around 8,000 characters, and is grouped in the “human drama” (ヒューマンドラマ) category. If you are like me, and haven’t heard of this word before, it basically means works that focus on… Read More »
“Tokyo: Capital of Cool” is a travel book published last year by Tuttle which focuses on one of the most famous and well-known parts of Japan – the city of Tokyo. Since there are probably hundreds of books out there which provide travel information about Tokyo, a book has to be pretty unique in some way in… Read More »
Tuttle Publishing offered me the opportunity to provide an early review of Florent Chavouet’s travel guide, titled “Manabeshima Island Japan”, and I jumped at the chance. After all, the book wasn’t coming out until Dec 1, 2015, and it’s funny subtitle of “One island, two months, one minicar, sixty crabs, eight bites, and fifty shots of shochu” had… Read More »