Field Report: Kawagoe, Japan (01 October 2016)

With Japan a mere four hours or so from Manila, and with the intense competition amongst airlines plying this lucrative route driving fares down to almost dirt-cheap levels, an overnight weekend trip to Tōkyō no longer sounds as crazy as it probably should. Believe me, I’d know – I did precisely that on the weekendContinue reading “Field Report: Kawagoe, Japan (01 October 2016)”

Field Report: A day at the JR East Railway Museum, Saitama, Japan (04 July 2015)

Diego travels to a major transportation museum just north of Tōkyō, where the exhibits are bound to leave train enthusiasts feeling as giddy as kids in a toy store.