For two Canadian prairie people, more used to the “dry cold” of April in their home province, Okinawa’s moist heat comes as a bit of a surprise Not that we dislike hauling out our summer wear to tour Naha, Okinawa Island’s business capital. But after walking around for a while, we’re ready for a cool …
The taxi driver in Hiroshima asks us where we plan to go next in Japan. When we mention Okinawa, he’s surprised. “Kyoto? Osaka? Very beautiful. “ Yes, I think, and also crowded with tourists. Besides, we’d been both places on other trips. Now it was time to explore a less well known destination, at least to …
As we join the line to walk through the dimly lit exhibition space in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, a sign warns parents of the disturbing content, and cautions them to prepare children for what they’re about to see and monitor their responses. It’s good advice for all of us. I take only one picture, …
One of the websites I accessed before our trip to Japan said that, unlike other major world capitals, Tokyo is less about must-see sights than it is about experiencing its 14 individual neighborhoods. In four days, we were never going to get around to all 14. So we chose a few to explore and kept …
During the day, the Wakayama University professors and I sat in a classroom on their campus, discussing the pros and cons of replacing their lectures with active learning experiences. To thank me, they invited me to dinner that night, replacing the Western food I’d so far been eating at restaurants around my hotel with authentic …
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