Media

You can find me in the following outlets

Interviewed by

• A Brilliant Gamble Podcast
• Live Family Travel
• Amateur Traveler Podcast: Tokyo, Japan
• Amateur Traveler Podcast: Lombok, Indonesia
• Amateur Traveler Podcast: Valencia, Spain
• Zero to Travel
• Vacation Mavens: Japan with Kids
• Buckets Blog
• Familia en Movimiento (Interview en Español)
• Family Adventure Podcast
• The Luminous Mind Podcast
• Worldschooling Afloat: We’re Talking Epic Education
• Learn Japanese Pod Fun Friday Interview: Tokyo with Children
• Family Freedom Project

Contributions

• Where’s Sharon: The World’s Top 20 Best Family Holiday Destinations (Japan & Malaysia)
• Baby Globetrotters: Hidden Gems for Family Travel (Bukit Lawang, Indonesia)
• Baby Globetrotters: City breaks for families (Tokyo)
• Learning Escapes: Family-Friendly City Breaks in Europe in Autumn
• Wyld Family Travel: Kansai with Kids
• Travel with Bender: Scary Travel Stories
• A Road Affair: Best Places to Travel in Europe
• Untold Morsels: Best Things to Do in Japan with Kids
• Green Global Travel: Rainforest Kayaking in Borneo
• Women on the Road: The Best Tapas in Zaragoza, Spain
• Be My Travel Muse: Best Things to Do in Japan (Miraikan)

Published

• 9 nostalgic Japanese foods (CNN Travel)
• Tokyo’s best high-tech kids’ activities (CNN Travel)
• Fort Greene, a Tokyo Restaurant Inspired by the Brooklyn Neighborhood (Bon Appétit)
• What to Eat for Lunch at 7-11 Japan (Bon Appétit)
• Japan’s Burger Trend (Bon Appétit)

Commercial Work

• A list of corporate clients here.

The Japan Times (Child’s Play Column)

For nearly a decade, I wrote various columns and stand-alone features for the Japan Times newspaper. At first, it was mostly about music: album reviews, upcoming concert previews, artist interviews, that kind of thing. Then I wrote about the city’s vibrant contemporary art and gallery scene, then after a few years I asked them if I could start a regular column on things to do in Japan with kids, and they agreed! I’ve been co-writing the Child’s Play article with my friend Danielle Demetriou, who has two kids of her own. 

2019

• Onsen in Tokyo for Families

• Airline Tours at Haneda

• The Motegi Race Track & Theme Park

• The Hans Christian Anderson Park in Chiba

• The Monster Exhibit at Osaka’s Museum of Ethnology

2018

• Visiting the Tsukiji Fish Market with Kids

• The Best Hanami Spots in Japan for Families

• Best Cultural Festivals in Yoyogi Park

• Some of the Coolest Parks in the Tokyo Area

• Best Hiking with Kids Near Tokyo

• Christmas in Japan with Kids

2017

• Winter Indoor Activities in Tokyo

• Art Galleries in Tokyo for Kids

• The Open Air Museum of Japanese Farmhouses (Osaka)

• Udon-making classes in Osaka

• The Osaka Museum of Housing and Living

2016

• Kamakura (Day trip south of Tokyo)

• Hiking in Kubune and Kurama, Kyoto

• White Water Rafting in Japan

• Day Trip from Tokyo to a Chiba farm

• East Tokyo Walk & Museums

• Japanese Sweets Workshop in Kyoto

2015

• Science Museum in Kobe

• New Science & Space Museum in Tokyo

• Toei Edo Park in Kyoto

• Osaka Aquarium

• 3331 Arts Chiyoda & other Art for Kids in Tokyo

• Rainy Day Activities in Tokyo

2014

• Holiday Illuminations in Tokyo & Beyond

• Halloween in Tokyo

• Factory Tours (Beer, Chocolate & Yogurt) in Kansai

• Science Museums, Kids Plaza & Other Indoor Activities in Osaka

• Big Bang Science Museum Outside of Osaka

• Spa World Indoor Water/Hot Spring Park in Osaka

• Sanrio Puroland — a.k.a. Hello Kitty World (west Tokyo) 

• Spring in Japan: Our Hanami Tips for Families

• Tips for Omotesando with Kids (Tokyo)

2013

• The Fire/Fire Fighter Museum in Tokyo

• The Earthquake Disaster Prep Museum (more fun than it sounds)

• The Tokyo Museum of Science and Innovation (Odaiba)

• The Ghibli Museum & Inokashira Park (Tokyo)

• Watching Sumo in Tokyo

• Aquariums in Tokyo

• Showa Kinen Park (West Tokyo)

• Parks in Tokyo

• The Tokyo Midtown Complex (Roppongi) with Kids

• The Tokyo Gas Museum (East Tokyo)

• Canyoning in Japan (2008)