Welcome back to WPIG the pig, a voice of reason in the world of travel. This episode: Tyler Dillon sits down with Alex Zglinski, Trufflepig’s trip planner for Japan. They dive deep into Alex’s early connection to Japan, what keeps piquing his interest in Nippon, and coastal stories from his latest research trip there last […]

It’s genuinely hard to stay concise when you’re a full-blown mythology nerd, but here we go. I’ve been obsessed with mythology since I was a kid, the Greeks first (obviously), then the Norse. The Romans… well, I treated them like a Greek reboot with planet names, and I stand by it. So stumbling into a […]

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 […]