The result is Tripping.com, a social travel site that lets travelers glean travel tips from locals, share acupof coffee, abeer, or even stay in their homes.
So whether you see the blossoms or the vomit, a half full cupof sake or a half empty can ofbeer, the future of Japan is in the hands of the Japanese, not the New Economy gurus we read about in TIME, Newsweek and Fortune.
In the first part, a teaser with several references to the British event of the decade premiered on August 25, in which a regular can of Brahma beer (the royal) and a glass cup (the commoner) are treated as celebrities, even with speculations about the can possibly being pregnant.