I went to Osaka on business a couple of times over the last month. That was pretty cool on my down time I went to their big aquarium and went up Umeda Sky building which has a glass elevator (terrifying) and even glass escalators so you can see the whole city as you go up (not as scary as I thought that would be).
Last year I went to England, Germany, New York, Philadelphia, Shizuoka, Izu....but I doubt I'll be travelling much this year. Plan to visit my family over Christmas and that's about it.