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AAA Promotes “Affordable Japan” tour with my Articles
AAA is offering a guided tour of Japan, which I think is great (Japan still needs tourists, even two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant fiasco devastated the Tohoku coast and sent the economy … Continue reading
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Tagged AAA, Beth Reiber, Hakone, Japan, Kyoto, Tokyo, tours
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The Adachi Museum’s Picture-Perfect Views
I’m sitting here in my home office, looking out the window at bare trees, neighborhood houses, and a drab winter landscape, but I know of a museum in Japan that has picture-perfect views from its windows every season of the … Continue reading
Tohoku says thank you
It would be hard not to relive some of the emotions we all felt when Tohoku was ravaged by earthquake and tsunami on 3.11 when we watch this heartfelt thank you from the people who lived through it. Tohoku says … Continue reading
No Free Trips After All
Japan’s announcement a few months back that it would offer 10,000 free flights in 2012 turns out to have been only a dream. Unsurprisingly, the government has determined it can’t afford the publicity stint. Looks like people who really want … Continue reading
Himeji Castle Renovation a Mind-boggling Task
I consider Himeji Castle to be Japan’s most beautiful fortress. Completed in 1618 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, it’s the main tourist draw in Hyogo Prefecture, and deservedly so. Thus it was with some trepidation that … Continue reading
Free flights to Japan
The Japan government came out with a new campaign to attract the international tourists it desperately needs–by offering 10,000 free flights to Japan, with the only stipulation being that those accepting the offer write about their experiences. No word yet … Continue reading
Earthquake Alert on Japanese Phones
I just read that Apple has introduced an earthquake alert app on its newest IOS operating system for iPhones in Japan. Because Japan operates on a different operating system from the rest of the world, I have a phone just … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, earthquake, Japan, Phone, Tokyo, visitors
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Interviewed by Japan Times
I was interviewed by the Japan Times while I was in Tokyo. Actually, the Japan Times contacted me last year about doing the article because of my appointment by the government as a Visit Japan Ambassador. I was on my … Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, Japan Times, Reiber, Tokyo, travel
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Second interview by JNTO
The Japan National Tourist Organization said my first video in May drew 1,000 hits over the past month–more hits, in fact, than Justin Bieber! (My friend Debbie calls it Reiber fever). JNTO filmed a second interview just before I departed … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Reiber, Japan, Japan National Tourism Organization, JNTO, travel
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Washington Post article
I was interviewed by a reporter at the Washington Post. Unfortunately, after he turned it in a copy editor inserted that Frommer’s Tokyo had been canceled for 2012, which obviously isn’t true. Otherwise, it’s a good story. AG67h2VH_story.html
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Tagged Beth Reiber, Japan, Japan National Tourism Organization, JNTO, travel
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