This Week: Tokyo Area Events for April 17 – 23

This Week: Tokyo Area Events for April 17 – 23

Enjoy all that spring has to offer this week with several flower festival events happening all over Tokyo. If you have a sweet tooth, check out the Muji Sweets exhibit before it ends and try five different types of traditional Japanese desserts! Rainbows Reign Tokyo Rainbow Pride Festival & Parade Join Japan’s LGBT community and…

Opinions |  Carry-On, Pack Light: How Airline Screw-Ups Became Our Problem

Opinions | Carry-On, Pack Light: How Airline Screw-Ups Became Our Problem

I’m terrible at packing. Laughably terrible. Concerningly so. On a recent trip to Las Vegas with my boyfriend (I’m gay) and both our mothers (again, we are extremely gay) to see Adele (you get the idea), we both packed so much that you’d be forgiven for thinking we were moving there. I doubt Adele packed…

Traveling to Europe?  Summer crowds aren’t your only problem.

Traveling to Europe? Summer crowds aren’t your only problem.

Parla, who splits her time between Rome and Venice and leads tours in all the Italian hot spots, says they’re all “absolutely inundated.” Travel analyst Henry Harteveldt, president of the Atmosphere Research Group, said travelers should expect long waits and large crowds at pretty much every stage of their European vacation. “Be prepared for long…