Musings
Read - Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid
For dreaming of: Madagascar, Tahiti, and Mexico
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Travel Photography
Beauty: The Inn of the Five Graces, Santa Fe, New Mexico
We enter our lovely room–perfectly contextual with dried chilies, ceramic lanterns, and a hand-carved wooden door–just steps from the New Mexican capital.
Destination Highlights
Destination Feature: Japan
Reflections There are few societies in the world where hospitality is more ingrained into the culture than Japan. The entire concept of omotenashi - meaning to whole-heartedly look after guests - seems contradictory at first given the country’s historical isolation from the world - but considering the respect shown
Japan
Reflections: On Japan’s Signature Omotenashi
There are few societies in the world where hospitality is more ingrained into the culture than Japan. The entire concept of omotenashi - meaning to 'whole-heartedly look after guests' - seems contradictory at first given the country’s historical isolation from the world - but considering the respect
Travel Research
Travel Research: The Gardens and Temples of Kyoto
Two favorite garden walks in Japan's most storied city.
Research
Stay: Ugenta
This two-room ryokan in the forest north of Kyoto is nothing short of a luxurious dream
Tokyo
Stay - Watch: The Park Hyatt Tokyo & Lost in Translation
For Dreaming of: Dark, Bustling, Glamorous Tokyo.
Japan
On Location: Naoshima
The otherworldly experience of Japan’s “Art Island”.
Research
Eat: Daigo
Michelin-starred private vegetarian dining in the heart of Tokyo.
Travel Research
Travel Research: A Collection of Japanese Onsens (Traditional Bathhouses)
A quintessential spa experience in Japan, though not for the modest.
Musings
Watch: Thermae Romae Novae
For Dreaming of: Ancient Rome meets Modern Japan
Resources
Intel: The Stigma of a Tattoo in Japan
If you’re inked, read this before you go to a Japanese bath.