Calico (猫カフェきゃりこ）is a cat café in Shinjuku. It takes about 5 minutes to walk from Shinjuku station. However make sure to take the East Exit! This is the easiest and quickest exit to take to get to the cat café. Shinjuku Station sees over 3 million people pass through daily and with more than 200 exits it is extremely easy to become lost. Accessible by the JR lines, Tokyo Metro, Keio Lines, Odakyu Line and Toei Subway.  Shinjuku...

Want to do something special while you are in Hawaii? Well the sunset sail on the Waikiki Rigger is just that.  The catamaran leaves shore at the Historic Kawehewehe Beach (Gray's Beach) which is located just past Outrigger Reef on the Beach and Halekulani. The sunset sail departs everyday from this location. Onboard your drinks are included and range from the delicious 'rigger cocktail' to beer and wine. I absolutely...

5 years after my first visit to Mount Takao I returned to Japan eager to climb this beautiful mountain once again. There is something so remarkable about this place that I am having trouble putting it into words. I feel like it is something you can only experience for yourself. I often think I would like to live much closer to Mount Takao and visit frequently but maybe that would take some of the magic away. Mount Takao (高尾山...