Living in Tokyo means I’m spoiled for choice with quick getaways. Ask me my go-to short trips for first-timers to Tokyo and without hesitation I’d say Hakone for hot springs or Enoshima/Kamakura for the ocean breeze.

But here’s my guilty confession: I haven’t been back in ages. Well… we know that it is because they’ve both become mainstream. Translation: the kind of crowd that makes you accidentally photobomb 17 strangers’ selfies in one walk.

Still, I get asked all the time for recommendations, and truth is — these places are popular for a reason, because… they are awesome. Simple as that. read more

This might be the last blog post I will ever write, by me.

Or… at least, what’s left of me.

When your digital assistant and editor are just one button away, will we ever again read something purely written by a human? Will you flip through pages that don’t already have invisible ghost-machine fingerprints all over them?