One of my favorite things to do with my kids has always been to just take a walk and see what we can see. I’ve never been the type to worry about a list or a plan.
Whether you’re working from home, sheltering in place or just staying home, if you’re like us, you’re probably dreaming of open skies, sandy beaches, tall mountains, or perfect powdery slopes.
Welcome to virtual vacation video series where we can explore destinations from the comfort of our homes. Join us as we take a short virtual journey to Busan.
Kakazu Ridge played a pivotal role in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. Only a short 15-minute drive from MCAS Futenma and you can immerse yourself in a piece of island and world history.
Although Kakazu Ridge is a quiet area where locals go to play mini-golf or let their children loose for playground time, this place was the site of deadly combat during the Battle of Okinawa.
With the 2016 release of Mel Gibson’s Academy Award nominated “Hacksaw Ridge,” there has been increased interest in the Okinawa site where the movie takes place.
It was the peak of summer 2015 and I could barely wait until Friday so I could spend my time off snorkeling and stuffing my face with local Okinawan cuisine.
My ideal weekend was approaching slowly but surely, but so was a large-scale typhoon – an immediate threat to my ambitions.
For underwater adventures, most scuba divers in Japan tend to flock toward the warmer waters of Okinawa or volcanic islands of Izu. Both destinations offer dives worthy of a National Geographic shoot, but can be quite costly in terms of accessibility.
If you’ve spent any amount of time in Japan, you’ve seen Anpanman. Even if you didn’t realize it. His face adorns t-shirts, backpacks, vending machines and he is very common place in Japanese daycares and schools.
It all starts with a casual stroll through one of Tokyo’s basement-level department store supermarkets.
In the corner of your eye you catch something green and square, and as your mind tries to process that with a big “huh?”, your head turns to confirm that…yup, it’s a real square watermelon.
In early August 1945 World War II was far from over. Months and even years of fighting were still in the future of Japan and the United States as the Americans and their allies made amphibious assaults on the Japanese Home Islands that would have dwarfed Normandy.
