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Our First Guest Podcast!

by john | Post #63 | September 3, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

In June I received an email from Ari and Aki of Japan Travel Pros inviting us to be guests on one of their upcoming podcasts. It was a thrill to be asked by someone so knowledgeable residing in Japan who considered us worthy of being heard. Ari is an American living...

Trademarked!

by john | Post #62 | August 4, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

After a good bit of effort and having been denied more than once, we finally received our trademark from the United States Patent and Trademark Office! Obtaining a trademark for one's business is an important step in protecting intellectual property rights. I was...

Driving the Kiso Valley

by john | Post #61 | June 30, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

We recently published a video of our trip through the Kiso Valley from Nagoya to Matsumoto. It was a spectacular trip as we followed the Kiso River through the valley making an overnight stop in Agematsu. We started the trip (after a short train ride from Nagoya to...

Tokyo Underground As You’ve Never Seen It

Post #3 | May 13, 2024 | Tokyo, Uncategorized

For a totally Japan off the beaten path outing, you should visit Tokyo’s “G-Cans”, officially known as The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel. This is so unique that most locals don’t even know about it, and much less that you can actually tour the...

Meiji Mura, A Step Back In Time

Post #2 | May 13, 2024 | Nagoya, Uncategorized

About 50 minutes outside Nagoya is one incredible outdoor museum. Situated on more than 200 acres of beautifully landscaped rolling hills overlooking a large lake is the Meiji Mura or “village”. This property features more than 70 structures from the Meiji Era which...

The MAGLEV Museum

Post #1 | May 13, 2024 | Nagano

Japan is well known as home to Toyota, Honda, Mazda and other car manufacturers. However, within the country, it seems as though the rail system is what rules the landscape. I don’t believe any country on Earth has a rail system so well developed and operated as...