I get lost in my own city all the time. Even though I've basically lived in the same place for more than 20 years, it's still easy to get turned around, misdirected, and just generally confused. As a native, it's kind … [Read more...]
Everybody knows the old saying “Necessity is the mother of invention,” but the Japanese seems to really take it to heart. Japan has a lot of strange, unique needs, and out of those needs come cool, unusual … [Read more...]
We usually think of Japan as four five major islands (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Cat Island) and the smattering of small islands of Okinawa. But in reality, Japan is tons of different islands of all … [Read more...]
I think it's easy to forget that world exploration didn't really start until fairly recently. The 1400's was only 600 years ago, and in that short time we've mapped just about everything (that's not underwater, at least). … [Read more...]