Record heat waves and “hottest ever” temperatures be dammed I thought as I had an opportunity to go to a summer festival on Sado island in a northern prefecture- Niigata, Japan. At its heart, the Earth Celebration features the talents of an outstanding local taiko drums and traditional performance group…

One of the most popular topics in my talkshow-podcast series is about renovating old houses which have been abandoned — called Akiya in Japan. There are a variety of reasons people in Japan chose to renovate an old house and this month I had the chance to visit and…

If there were ever a time to celebrate the earth, it is now! There is an island in the northern Japan prefecture of Niigata that has been holding an annual Earth Celebration event since 1988. It’s across the country for me, so this will be my first chance to go…

2023 is the 12th anniversary of the 3.11.2011 earthquake-tsunami-nuclear power meltdown Tohoku disaster and the first time I had ever visited Fukushima. I had actually been invited to join previous monitor tour consulting trips, but really wanted to go this time since there was a clear focus on sustainable tourism…

thanks Tim- it was a nice surprise to find something that helped my channel grow a bit faster, I would recommend adding shorts as frequently as you can and see if you also have a similar positive response!

It’s depressing for creators to realize that most of their content is only watched for 15-seconds to a minute but that is the reality of the overwhelming amount of entertainment available to modern people. It also explains why the short video versions on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and now YouTube are…

Hiroshima train pulling in - don't you love the music 🎶 #shorts #japan #travel #trains Hiroshima's trains are a great way to get around the city and surrounding areas - the JR is very comfortable, always on…youtube.com I had a great consulting job working with the post-COVID transportation development team in Hiroshima this week. It was a great chance to give advice on how to improve signage and other services the international traveler might need. …

Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it. Pat Riley All right, as a Tesla owner I feel alone these days in talking about its good points with all the negative news about the unhinged CEO, but I love that quote from basketball legend Pat Riley…

2023 is year of the rabbit — here’s to new fluffiness and good hearing! But before we hop ;) into a new year, here’s a positive look back at 2022 with gratitude for some of the good people who have successful put sustainability into the spotlight and put ideas into…