Author: Sky

My favorite place to stay in Tokyo is The Juyoh Hotel, http://www.juyoh.co.jp/index.html  The Juyoh Hotel is a wonderful, clean, safe, comfortable and friendly hotel for travelers on a budget. It is a place where you will experience the Japanese way of living, as well as meet interesting and friendly travelers from all over the world. The lovely proprietors and hosts are Toshi-san and his wife, Sakura-san, and everyone who stays at The Juyoh Hotel is treated as a member of the Juyoh family. The young staff are multilingual and always friendly and helpful. I love to stay here because the milieu is so stimulating and a lot of fun.

It is one of the most reasonable places to stay in Tokyo for the short term, and also offers the option of reduced Guest House rates if you plan to be in Tokyo for an extended period.

For further information, you can read about my Juyoh Hotel experience in my book,  The Adventures of the Wanderer. Be sure to mention me to Toshi-san and/or           Sakura-san when you stay there, and you will be well taken care of.

*Note: I write about people, places and things that deserve to be written about for one reason or another, and I am not being paid to do so.

Here are a few of my favorite treats: The creamy Mango Popsicle, the addictive sweet and sour Hawthorne Popsicle, the unusual Green Pea Popsicle and the heavenly Pear-flavored Drink.

With the exception of pizza and a Coke at 10pm, followed by breakfast at midnight, the food on Asiana Airline was surprisingly good. Meals included beef steak, smoked salmon, prosciutto and gourmet cheeses.

The thing that blew my mind was the chocolate cheesecake dessert that had gold leaf on top. Mind you, I was flying economy class!

On my trips to Asia, I have flown on three Asian Airlines: Japan Airlines, JAL; All Nippon Airways, ANA; and Asiana Airlines, which is a Korean airline.

It is my opinion that Asian airlines are some of the best because of the level of in-flight service. The very attentive and courteous flight attendants really go the extra mile taking care of the needs and comfort of the passengers. It is a tough, tiring job with full planes and long hours, yet they maintain a high level of professionalism. Their charming kindness made me feel quite pampered.

Btw, when flying to China on the Japanese or Korean airlines, there is always a short layover in either Japan or Korea on the way over and the way back, and you have the option of staying in those countries  before returning to your original destination. In regards to the Japanese airlines, there is no extra charge for doing so. Asiana Airlines does charge a stopover fee.

A big thank you to Kim and the entire in-flight crew on Asiana Airlines, Flight 214.

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As a person who has derived much personal growth and fulfillment through my lifelong involvement in creative endeavors, I believe that developing one’s ability to think creatively and living a creative life is of utmost importance.

I would like to share with you one of the most important and interesting books that I have ever read. It is about creative thinking. The book is IMAGINE, How Creativity Works, by Jonah Lehrer. It reveals the process of creative thinking through many very interesting chapters, and by doing so, it allows us to understand how we can incorporate creative thinking into our lives.

I have recently returned from a book-related trip to China, and, over the next few weeks, I will be posting many new stories and things that I observed and experienced as I wandered.

My new photographs from this trip have been added to my China photo gallery.

Hi and welcome to my blog.

Your questions and comments about my book, The Adventures of the Wanderer, China & Japan, my photographs,  travel tips or information, etc. are quite welcome.

Happy wandering…

Sky

The Wanderer