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Mountain and Land
ActivitiesMountain and Land
From camping, hiking and trail running to cycling, mountain biking and rock climbing – Japan’s hills, valleys and mountains provide an amazing landscape to explore and enjoy your favorite outdoor activities.
Travel
Uncovering the Hidden Flow of the Kumano Kodo Is...
The Kii Peninsula, a vast and mountainous hand reaching into the Pacific, has been my lodestar for over twenty years. It is an ar...
Travel
Rewilding the Soul in Gujo’s Satoyama
The heart of Japan is often found not in its neon-drenched metropolises or manicured temple gardens, but in the quiet interstitia...
Travel
Retracing Bird’s Trail: Three Days in Yamagata’s...
In the late 19th century, British explorer Isabella Bird walked across northern Japan. She was the first Western woman to make su...
Cycling
The Sado Golden Trail
A seven-day cycling exploration of Niigata and Sado Island Niigata Prefecture is a land where the bounty of the earth meet...
Adventure Travel
Pride and Preservation in Amami Oshima
The Amami Islands have long existed in the crosswinds. Locals have endured powerful typhoons and shifting geopolitical winds,...
Adventure Travel
A Legacy of Adventure at Sea in Itoman
Travelers come to Okinawa to unplug and refresh, to dip their toes in the sand or their fins in the water. Yet the most memor...
Issue 91
Shocked Straight by Slides
I have to admit, I’m not entirely crazy about the, “He died doing what he loved,” narrative. If I was out in my kayak and a w...
Hokkaido
Hokkaido’s Garden of the Gods
Japan’s newest national park, offers not only a look at one of Hokkaido’s less traveled regions, but also the Ainu culture an...