If you’re anything like me, you’ve read somewhere that Japan consists of four islands and you’ve assumed that’s the lot. If so, you’re short by about 14,121. Yep, you read that right. Japan has more islands than Greece, revealing unexpected and enticing facets of the culture. So when a friend in the Land of the […]

A trip to Japan is always a promise of culinary adventures. The country is home to arguably the best fish and meat in the world, some of the most ludicrously pampered fruits you’ll ever lay eyes on, and a culture where cooking is elevated to an art form. It’s also a place where food safety […]

Arabic is spoken by about half a billion people around the world and is the language of the Islamic religion – from Jakharta to Casablanca, the reading of the Qu’ran and prayers are in Arabic. Muslims revere the Qu’ran as the literal word of God as recited to the Prophet Muhammad, so the written book […]