Bangkok Airways no longer has an exclusive air route flying from Bangkok to Siem Reap, Cambodia, gateway city to the historical Angkor Wat complex. With an agreement that took five years to forge, Thai Air Asia, beginning October 1, 2013, will now fly to Siem Reap, opening with a promotional fare that essentially amounts to […]
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WoWasis visits the beautiful Isui-en Garden in Nara, Japan
On your day walk through the old Japanese capital city of Nara, it’s easy to miss one of Japan’s most outstanding gardens. It’s a must-see, though, and it will take you less than an hour to complete the magnificent walking loop. Located to the west of Todaiji Temple’s Nandaimon Gate, the Isui-en Garden sits astride […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis visits the Yatai Kaikan Float Museum in Takayama, Japan
No visit to Takayama, Japan, would be complete without a visit to the Takayama Matsuri Yatai Kaikan Float Exhibition Hall. The floats are massive wooden two or three-wheeled structures, brought out twice a year for the Takayama Matsuri (festival). Four of these floats are always on a rotating visit to the museum, where you can […]
Read the rest of this entry »Fastest way from Narita Airport to Tokyo: Narita Express train N’EX and Suica card
Here at WoWasis, we like to get out of airports and into the city as quickly and inexpensively as we can, and Narita Airport has a solution that’s pretty much seamless. You simply take Japan Rail (JR-East’s) fast N’EX train (Narita Express) from either terminal at the airport, and you’ll get off at either the […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis visits the Hida Folk Village (Hida No Sato) in Takayama, Japan
The hillside and lake-situated Hida Folk Village historical park in the city of Takayama, Japan, isn’t to be missed, and is worth a visit if you’re anywhere close to Takayama. Opened in 1971, the site consists of more than thirty buildings from the Hida area, moved here to preserve them from destruction. Architectural styles include […]
Read the rest of this entry »Not optimized for westerners: an afternoon wasted in Kibune, Kyoto, Japan
The tiny mountain village of Kibune, a half-hour north of Kyoto, Japan, sounds great in the guidebooks. It sits next to a mountain stream, and people eat at restaurants that consist of platforms nestled next to the steam. The traditional dish is cold noodles dipped in a local sauce. Sounds wonderful and idyllic, doesn’t it? […]
Read the rest of this entry »Gaining weight leads to bigger penis size, Thai Health Department suggests
Leave it to the Thais to finally find a natural solution to what men have been seeking for millennia: bigger cocks! According to a front page story in the July 13, 2013 Bangkok Post, the Thai government is now buying larger condoms to dole out to men under the age of 30. The Post quotes […]
Read the rest of this entry »The incredible mechanical puppets of the Karakuri Museum in Takayama, Japan
Puppet- making has been a tradition in Japan for centuries, but we here at WoWasis admit that we were unprepared for the technical wizardry inherent in Karakuri puppets, the centerpieces of Takayam’s Karakuri Museum. Their history begins in Edo (now Tokyo) in 1617, where a watch repairman conceptualized that cogs and wheels found in timepieces […]
Read the rest of this entry »Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra: Best legs in the business?
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra apparently has a leg up on her fellow world leaders, based on a front page photo by the Bangkok Post’s Thanarak Khoonton in the July 12, 2013 issue. In the photo, the Prime Minister reveals a shapely leg as she steps up on the dais to review an armed forces […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis product review: The incredible INAX “toilet shower” seat, now available worldwide
It probably started with us because we here at WoWasis hated the squat toilets that are traditional in most of the world. They’re messy and barbaric. We discovered Thai toilet hoses in 2002, reported on them, and even plumbed one into our house bathroom in our own country. But we weren’t prepared to be thoroughly […]
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