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59Visiting Sapporo
Hokkaido is Japan’s second largest island. It is a place of unspoiled wilderness, punctuated by modern towns. Because of its mountainous terrain, it was not widely settled by the Japanese until the...
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71Visiting Sapporo in Winter
Capsule Subtitle: Don't display this capsule: Background: Only available when aligned right.whitegreyblue Click edit above to add content to this empty capsule. Sapporo is a city of snow. But rather than sitting around indoors on the brief winter days and long nights, locals celebrate their climate. There is so much to do, indoors and out, that a winter visit to Sapporo might actually be more interesting than a summertime trip.
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57The Best of Hong Kong and Taiwan
Many travelers use Hong Kong and Taiwan in the same sentence. Perhaps that was because China’s mainland was off limited to most travelers for such a long period of time. These places were long the...
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70How to Survive a Trans-Pacific Flight
I’ve struggled through many a trans-pacific flight. I am proud of accomplishing this feat of endurance multiple times. And I am not ashamed to say that, on occasion, I have been reduced to tears at...
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76Southeast Asia's Best Kept Secrets
BattambangMainland Southeast Asia was once a place of great conflict. For a long time, venturing beyond Thailand was, at best, inadvisable. Those days are in the past, now, and much of Southeast...
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70Shinjuku: Tokyo's Most Diverse District
Shinjuku is unique amongst Tokyo’s districts. It is an area of skyscrapers. This is for good reason. It is relatively stable, seismically speaking, in comparison to most of Tokyo. Therefore, the...
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68The Quiet Side of Tokyo
Setagaya is a unique place in Tokyo. It is the largest district (in terms of area) in the largest city in the world. Unlike many parts of Tokyo, Setagaya features a lot of natural areas. It’s not...
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72Southeast Asia's Best Unknown Destinations
Insular Southeast Asia is often a misunderstood place. Perhaps it has just been a case of bad P.R. Indonesia’s airline disasters, the Philippines political problems and separatist movements, and...
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66Finding Old Tokyo
Finding old Tokyo is difficult. Amidst giant skyscrapers and never ending shopping complexes, there is little to suggest Tokyo even existed before 1945. Of course, much of the city was rebuilt after that...
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66China's Secret Tourist Destinations
China is not as well known a tourist destination as, say, Hawaii. But it received more buzz of late. Hong Kong has always been a destination, but now Shanghai, and, especially, Beijing are stepping into the...
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