Japan’s Unwanted Luggage: How Abandoned Suitcases Became a Travel Problem I’ve been fortunate to travel to Japan multiple times. It’s an amazing country and each time I go I admire how polite, clean and orderly everything is. However, there’s a… Johnny Jet , August 25, 2025
Japan Airlines Boeing 737 Plunges 26,000 Feet as Passengers Write Goodbye Notes Fortunately, this story has a happy ending but it must have been terrifying in the moment. According to the South China Morning Post, a Japan Airlines Boeing 737-800 “started plummeting… Johnny Jet , July 1, 2025
The Train Travel Hack That I Wish I Knew Earlier Scrolling through social media, I came across a train travel hack that I wish I knew about a long time ago. Ashley Puckett shared a video of herself riding a… Johnny Jet , May 19, 2025
American man posts application for blind date to Japan and the Internet can’t get enough … and neither can I Nick Gray is brilliant. If you haven’t heard of him or haven’t been following along with his story, then I suggest you start now because something tells me this saga… Natalie DiScala , April 27, 2024
VIDEO: Can You Believe People Actually Pay Someone to Do This to Them? I was just doom scrolling through Twitter and came across a tweet from UberFacts that’s so outrageous that I had to share it. My first thought was that it’s totally… Johnny Jet , January 4, 2023
Warning: These Common Over-the-Counter Drugs Are Illegal in Some Countries I recently Zoomed into Leo Laporte’s nationally syndicated radio show and podcast The Tech Guy, as I always do every Saturday at 12:30pm PT. I usually talk about what’s going… Johnny Jet , September 30, 2022
Japan is Reopening and There’s an Incredible Sale to Fly There – Including in a Lie-Flat Seat I’ve been fortunate to visit Japan numerous times and it’s always been magical — especially the small villages like Kinosaki Onsen. Well, there’s some great news coming because according to… Johnny Jet , September 16, 2022
My Most Embarrassing Travel Story Involving a Japanese Ryokan In 2005 I went on a Memoirs of a Geisha fam trip where they took me to all the sites that were mentioned in the book/movie. We checked into an… Johnny Jet , March 27, 2021
10 Things to Do in Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture Tokyo, the world’s largest and maybe best city, is hosting the Olympics next summer. In the heavy heat of July and August 2020, the Japanese capital and its humming subway… Ian Livingston , September 26, 2019
11 Things to Do in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture In March of this year, I dropped into Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture on a swing through the larger Chubu region. I took an ice cream for a stroll through the pooled peace… Ian Livingston , August 2, 2018
10 Things to Do in Japan’s Chubu Region On the dizzying list of Japanese islands—of which there are more than 6,000—four names stand out: Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Kyushu. These four are the load-bearers of Japan, the largest chunks… Ian Livingston , March 19, 2018
10 Things to Do in Tokushima, Japan I have heard it said many times that certain far-away destinations—like Japan—are not worth visiting from America without ample time. Two weeks, people say—that would be enough. Any less, and… Ian Livingston , February 2, 2018
One Day in Tokyo, Japan For whatever reason, you have one day in Tokyo. What do you do? At its most guttural, my advice is to plant yourself in an area of commercial density (like… Ian Livingston , February 2, 2018
10 Reasons to Stay at Izu Marriott Hotel Shuzenji Kon’nichiwa! I just returned from a short but memorable trip to Japan. I was there checking out some of Marriott Hotels’ new hotels and resorts. They are beginning to market… Johnny Jet , December 7, 2017
My Quick Trip to Tokyo Kon’nichiwa! I’ve just recently returned from a short but memorable trip to Japan. I was there checking out some of Marriott Hotels’ new hotels and resorts. Full disclosure: Marriott flew… Johnny Jet , December 7, 2017
