Like much of rural Japan the village of Inakadate has a declining population. The main…

This is a departure from my usual reporting on things related to the Pacific. But…

250 years ago it was rough service to be sent to that wasteland called California.…

Often overlooked but punching far above its weight is this small museum overlooking the Pacific…

There are no time zones there, you don’t need a passport and now it’s no…

This is a departure for our usual time together exploring the Pacific. Buck’s NFT is…

There is a door made of paper in the Pacific Ocean that once you step…

Yeah, islands ruled by cats. In Japan there are three major and eight minor officially…

This is just a way to write David Attenborough a love letter. If I were…

Silicon Valley has produced more technological prosperity than anywhere else in the history of humanity. …

Hey Buddy! Get offa my beach, lawn, dock, airstrip, Paris Ritz hotel lobby and all…

Viewers of ersatz reality TV are interested in titillation and the once nature-oriented cable channel,…

Two islands in the corners of my mind. I am working on a project night…

A lost city where underwater “platinum coffins” were discovered by Japanese insurgents in WWII and…

Welcome to Indonesia where the government might execute you for drugs on the one hand…or,…

No one knows. But a good rule of thumb is that a yacht has at…