Category: Transportation

  • Japan has to be on your bucket list

    Japan has to be on your bucket list

    It’s been a little over a year since I took a 19-hour flight from the U.S. East Coast to the islands of Japan, and I still can’t stop thinking of it. I’m not a world traveler, per se. I’ve been to Mexico, Canada, and some of the Caribbean islands; this was my first trip to…

  • Japan’s “Island of the Gods”: Miyajima Island

    Japan’s “Island of the Gods”: Miyajima Island

    Just south of Hiroshima, Japan, tourists can take a short ferry ride to one of the most beautiful islands off the Japanese coast. Miyajima Island is special, if not spectacular, in many ways. The ferry cost is minimal, so we won’t bore you with those intricacies. The cable car to the midway point on the…