I just got back from two weeks in Japan.
This will not be another “high-speed trains rule, Amtrak drools” article. I don’t need to tell you that the state of passenger trains in the U.S. compared to Japan makes me want to sob each time I stand on the platform at Harlem-125th St.
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I went to Universal Studios Japan in August 2026, on two weekdays, in hostile summer heat. I had a great time. I also made a few mistakes that cost me hours.
Most of the English-language coverage of USJ is either three years old, written by someone who did a press day, or seems assembled by somebody who’s never stood in the Donkey Kong queue at 8:47 in the morning. So here’s my attempt.
Last week I sat down to book a train from New York to Burlington, went to pay, and noticed I had enough points sitting in my account to cover the whole thing. My coach seat for seven hours up the…
I’ve spent a lot of time on this blog making the case that you can reach real nature from New York without a car. My car-free day trip series is built around it. You start at a subway stop, end…
I live in New York without a car, and I’ve spent years getting around this country by bus. Flix, Greyhound, Vamoose, Peter Pan, Amtrak’s connecting buses, the Chinatown-style BB Bus. I’ve reviewed all of them. And let me tell you,…
I ride intercity buses all over the U.S. So I get this question a lot: Greyhound or FlixBus. Neither wins, because in the U.S. they are the same company.