Experience: Visiting the Ama (Pearl Divers)

A few years ago when I was living in the US, the Discovery Channel ran a series called Discovery Atlas. In it, they took several countries (I remember Italy, Brazil and Japan at least) and profiled them in depth by offering not only a geographical overview but by following the lives of five or six... Continue Reading →

August 24, 2012 2

Family Fun: Iga Ninja Museum

Have a kid (or spouse) who can't get enough of Japan's shadowy warriors? Then make tracks to Iga City, the ancestral home of one of the country's prominent ninja clans. Iga City isn't on the beaten tourist trail - it's a good two hour journey from either Kyoto or Nagoya. But the Iga Ninja experience... Continue Reading →

June 8, 2012 3