With 3 days left on my JR Pass, I took the shikansen north-east to Yokahama, just short of Tokyo and…
March 29 was a huge train day where I took bullet trains all the way from Aomori on the north…
KYOTO (pop 1.5 million) is the main tourist city of Japan. The Kyoto basin was first settled in the 7th century,…
JAPAN - Kyusu, South Honshu March 14-20 Another country, my twelfth this winter. Another currency (worth about 100 yen to…
Capital: Tokyo Government: Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy Area: total: 377,915 km². water: 13,430 km² Population: 127,960,000 (2011 est.) Language:…
South Korea March 4-14 I took the bus into Seoul (pop 24 million metro area) but the train would be…
Capital - Seoul Government - Republic Currency Won (₩) Area total: 98,480 km² land: 98,190 km² water: 290 km² Population…
WATERFALLS – FLOW RATE This is a list of waterfalls of the world by mean annual flow rate, height and…
WHY MANY ASIAN MEGACITIES ARE MISERABLE PLACES And why Shanghai and Tokyo are not Dec 11th 2025| THE ECONOMIST FOR…
*indicates buildings I have been in. 1. Burj Khalifa, Dubai*. 163 stories, 829.8m high Tallest existing structure: 829.8 m (2,722…