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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.
Trail Running
Trail Running on the Moon in Oshima
What would it feel like to run on the moon? Would you settle for blazing a trail on a live volcano in Tokyo? On a c...
Cycling
Cycling Kagoshima’s Two Peninsulas
Kagoshima prefecture is the southernmost prefecture on Kyushu Island and the climate there sure feels that way. In late Decem...
Adventure Travel
The Human-Powered World Traveler
Three marriage proposals, 40 punctured tires (and 10 new ones), close encounters with poisonous snakes and brown bears, four grue...
Japan Angler
Better Off in the Bay
I’m sitting in a pub near Shinagawa Station, sipping a pint, when a slightly inebriated gentleman with an unmistakable Geordi...
Hiking
Discovering the Middle Path
For months I have relished the prospect of spending four uninterrupted days hiking from village to village, exploring one of ...
Adventure Racing
East Wind blows through Patagonia
“This race lives up to the last wild race. We go from mountain biking in 100-kmh gusts, blowing shrapnel at us, to driving rain, ...
Hiking
The Shinetsu Trail
There are many places in Japan where you can climb up to a mountain, stay in a hut or tent, then get up the next day and head off...
Cycling Japan
Returning to Ishinomaki
In June of 2010, I cycled along Tohoku’s Kitakami River to Ishinomaki, Miyagi, as preparation for a cycling tour. When heard and ...