School
Concordia College New York, Florida State University
Expertise
Theme Parks, Touring Movie Locations, Japanese Travel Destinations
- Joshua's guide to "Lost in Translation" locations in Tokyo ranked as the #1 top-performing article by organic search on the GaijinPot Blog in 2018.
- In addition to visiting (and writing professionally) about each of Japan's ten biggest cities, he has covered nature spots like Mount Fuji and other places in Asia, such as Singapore and Hong Kong.
- He has slept overnight in a Disney park and spent part of his honeymoon at the world's oldest hotel.
Experience
Joshua grew up in Florida, lived in suburban New York and rural Missouri, and traveled cross-country in the U.S. before moving to Tokyo in 2010. Since 2017, he has contributed regularly to sites like /Film, Inverse, Japan Today, GaijinPot, and WDW News Today, with many of his travel-related articles focusing on tourist attractions with a pop culture connection. Joshua is certified to teach English as a foreign language and was a freelance editor on the Japan Tourism Agency's 2020 governmental signage project.
Education
Joshua holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English (creative writing) from Florida State University.
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United States
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Amusement Parks
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Celebrity
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