The Bonsais of Omiya
If your visions or memories of Japan lead to thoughts of bonsai trees, you should visit Omiya, Japan, a town specifically founded for bonsai growers. Omiya Though mentioned as if…
Travel and Phone Data
Using your mobile phone during international travel has always been expensive. Pre-smartphone, you'd carefully ration how often you make/take calls because the per-minute charges ratcheted up substantially once out of…
The Joy of Suica
Pre-pandemic I knew I mostly paid with credit or debit cards, less and less with cash. And I'm not the only one: cash transactions in the US have decreased from…