Portfolio

My books:

Experience Japan (Lonely Planet, Mar 2022)

Experience Japan 2 (Lonely Planet, 2024)

Fodor’s Essential Japan (Fodor’s Travel, Nov 2022)

Fodor’s Essential Japan (Fodor’s Travel, 2025)

Hiking and Trekking in the Japan Alps and Mount Fuji (Cicerone Press, Mar 2019)

Hokkaido (Bradt Travel Guides, May 2024)

Kyoto (Lonely Planet, 2024)

Kyoto & Osaka – Pocket (Lonely Planet, 2024)

Must-See Japan (Tom Fay, 2016)

Outdoor and Adventure Classics (compilation, 2016)

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Articles

Another Kyoto – History and Hiking; Walking the Yamashiro Kodo along the Kyoto-Nara Line

Another Kyoto – Exploring the Water Culture of Woodland Kyoto

Another Kyoto – Exploring the Winter Wonders of the Mountains of Tango

Another Kyoto – Luxury Winter Train Trips in Kyoto by the Sea

Bradt Guides – What You Need to Know About Winter in Sapporo

Culture Trip – The Best Bars In Ginza, Tokyo

Culture Trip – A Shopping Tour Of Ginza, Tokyo

Culture Trip – Top Things To Do In Ginza, Tokyo

Discovery Channel – Adventure Awaits: Tokyo to Wakayama

Discovery Channel – Live the Adventure: Tokyo – Niigata

Forbes Travel Guide – Osaka

Forbes Travel Guide – Hotel Agora Regency, Sakai

Forbes Travel Guide – Imperial Hotel, Osaka

Forbes Travel Guide – Kyoto Hotel Okura

Forbes Travel Guide – The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka

The Guardian – New Year’s Eve Around The World

The Guardian – Yakushima

The Guardian – Best Food Market Stalls Around The World

The Guardian – Best Mountain Hikes In Japan

The Japan Times – Mount Ontake: Four Years After Its Deadly Eruption

The Japan Times – Hiking The Precipitous Spine Of Central Honshu

The Japan Times – Top Day and Multi-day Hikes In The Japan Alps

Japan Today – Japan’s Best Leaf-Viewing Spots

Japan Travel – Ako City

Japan Travel – Discovering the Charms of Ikaruga, Nara

Japan Travel – Higashi-Osaka and the Rugby World Cup

Japan Travel – Kozushima: Stargazing on Tokyo’s Dark Sky Island

Japan Travel – Minobu: Temple Stays in the Shadow of Mt. Fuji

Japan Travel – The Sights of Kishiwada

JNTO – Climbing Mt Fuji: Things to Know in 2024

Kansai Scene – The Best Winter Views

Kansai Scene – The Suma Alps

Kansai Scene – Hiking In Kansai

Kansai Scene – Snake-Spotting In Kansai

Kansai Scene – Shiga’s White Winter Vistas

Narita Airport – Miyazaki

NAVITIME Travel – Hot Springs In Yakushima

NAVITIME Travel – Getting Around The Kumano Kodo

NAVITIME Travel – The Izu Islands

NAVITIME Travel – National Treasures Of Nara

NAVITIME Travel – Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography

NAVITIME Travel – Where To Go In And Around Shizuoka

NAVITIME Travel – Yunotsu Onsen

Super Cheap Japan – Top Ten Free Activities In Kyoto

Super Cheap Japan – Top Ten Cheap Activities In Osaka

Tabido – Five Of The Best Mountain Views In Japan

Wanderlust Magazine – 7 Things To Do In Nara

Wanderlust Magazine – Nara Travel Guide

Wanderlust Magazine – Exploring Undiscovered Eastern Hokkaido

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Interviews

Birds of a Feather Press

Business Insider

Cheap Houses Japan

CNN – How easy is it to buy and restore an aging countryside home in Japan?