Product Description
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Travel journalist Rudy Maxa and restaurateur Daisuke Utagawa
highlight three distinct regions of Japan, focusing on the
nation's food and food producers, and whetting the appetite of
anyone looking to travel to this historic country. From the ramen
of the island of Hokkaido, to the sushi of Tokyo, to the
beef raised on the island of Kyushu, food is a window into the
soul of Japan.
Review
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Don't even think of hitting the road unless you've consulted
Rudy Maxa, one of the country's premier travel gurus. --Paul
Theroux, Bestselling Travel Writer
Trust Rudy if you want to travel in style for less while
minimizing hassles on the road. --The Today Show
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About the Actor
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Rudy Maxa, one of Americas premier consumer travel experts, is
host and executive producer of Rudy Maxas World, the Emmy Award
winning, public television travel series featuring destinations
as diverse as Korea, Argentina, South Africa, Tuscany, and
Thailand. Maxa is host and executive producer of 95 television
episodes on the worlds great destinations that air on public
television stations nationwide. His television episodes also air
in 121 countries in 22 different languages on Travel Channel
International. You may view episodes on Create Travel. Maxas
latest edition to his Rudy Maxas World series is four episodes on
Japan - showcasing the country as viewers have never seen it. In
his Rudy Maxas World: Taste of Japan series, debuting nationwide
in 2017, Maxa is joined by his friend Washington, DC,
restaurateur Daisuke Utagawa, co-hosting four new episodes; a
one-hour special that highlights three distinct regions of Japan
by focusing on its food and the people who work the fields and
waters, plus three individual:30-minute episodes on Tokyo,
Hokkaido, and Kyushu. This is not a food show per se, says Maxa.
This is a travel show that uses food and local producers to tell
the story of a nation and its culture. Maxa is a fascinating and
informative speaker on the subject of travel today and speaks
extensively around the world. He is well known as public radios
Savvy Traveler and an award-winning contributing editor with
National Geographic Traveler magazine. He is a contributing
editor to Deltas SKY magazine and Artful Living, the Twin Cities
lifestyle magazine. The voice of National Geographic Travelers
Walks of a Lifetime podcasts, he also hosts Americas most
widely-syndicated travel radio show, Rudy Maxas World with The
Careys, which airs on 230+ mostly news/talk stations in North
America and via its own TuneIn.com channel 24/7/365. As a writer
for Traveler, Maxas articles have earned him two Lowell Thomas
Bronze Awards for Excellence in Travel Writing from the Society
of American Travel Writers. He has contributed travel articles to
GQ, Worth, Forbes, Modern Maturity, USAToday, the Washington
Post, Town & Country Travel, the Los Angeles Times, as well as
USAToday.com, MSNBC.com and ABC.com. Hes a frequent guest on
national television networks and shows, including CNN, MSNBC,
CNBC, and The View. And he speaks frequently to both public and
industry groups. After 13 years as a Washington Post
investigative reporter and personalities columnist, Maxa worked
nine years as a senior writer with the city magazine,
Washingtonian, before becoming Washington bureau chief of
magazine for two years. Political scandal reportage by Maxa was
nominated for the Pulitzer Prize by the Post, and he has written
two non-fiction books. He wrote for the ABC-TV dramatic series
Capitol News and for several years hosted a Saturday-morning,
public affairs talk show on WRC-AM, the NBC owned-and-operated
radio station in Washington, DC. Episodes of the Rudy Maxas World
television series have garnered dozens of awards, including five
regional Emmy Awards. He was named best regular columnist by the
Florida Magazine Association for his writings in Ocean Drive. And
as a Post reporter, he won the John Hancock Award for Excellence
in Business and Financial Journalism for a series of stories
uning an international Ponzi scheme. His alma mater, Ohio
University, gave Maxa the L.J. Hortin Distinguished Alumnus Award
in 2002.
About the Director
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Karel Bauer - Bauer I am a multiple award-winning cameraman and
director, with over 20 years behind the lens. My interest in
cultural, social, and environmental subjects has resulted in work
with clients across the spectrum of film and television
production, and has spanned over 60 countries, on all seven
continents. A graduate of NYU film school, I have been based in
Seattle since 1991. Equally comfortable shooting film, HD, and
now 3D, I have recently wrapped up shooting on National
Geographic Channels first broadcast 3D project, in Brazil, for
the series Blowdown. I love the work I do, and consider myself
fortunate to be making a living in this field. I am known for my
energy and my attention to detail. My broadcast credits include
work for all the major US television networks, History Channel,
Discovery Channel, National Geographic International, Rick Steves
Europe, Art Wolfes Travels to the Edge, Travel Channel, PBS, A &
E, VH1, MTV, UK Channel 4, Nippon TV, NHK, and ZDF Germany, among
others.
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