I’d been feeling under the weather for a few days; sore chest, dry throat, trouble sleeping. So when friends invited me to spend a day on a beach near Tokyo, I jumped at the idea. A little fun, sun and laughter would...
Hokkaido is Japan’s northernmost island and sidles the frosty southeastern part of Russia. It is widely known for the amazing powder snow at Niseko, the Sapporo Ice Sculpture Festival and the seafood fished from the ice-cold winter waters. While Hokkaido’s winter is long and...