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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.
Spirit of Silence
Family Connections
It was late afternoon, and I was home swaying in my hammock, waiting for Taro Muraishi, this column’s editor. It was well past ou...
Japan Angler
Skinny Water Plugging
Like many avid sport anglers, I have a bad habit of getting consumed with one target species or style of fishing for a period of ...
Hyakumeizan
100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #45 Fuji-san
“Bee-beep! Bee-beep!” It didn’t seem right the alarm was blaring in my ear at 2:30 in the morning, but that’s the standard wake-u...
Malaysia
The Best of Both Worlds
What kind of traveler are you? Do you head to the beach with an ice-cold beer? Perhaps you prefer relieving stress on the hiking...
Caving
Last of the True Explorers
“What’s left to explore?” The question was swimming around in my head as I cycled to my office. The highest mountains have been s...
Camping
Gankoyama Tree House Village
Defining Gankoyama is a tough task; it is a community, an experiment and a getaway all at once. Gankoyama’s definition is not th...
Cycling
The Ring of Fire Tour: Japan A “cyclo-volc...
Seventy-five percent of our planet's active volcanoes are found on the circumference of the Pacific Ocean, the so-called "Pacific...
Spirit of Silence
Lightning Strikes
To a deaf person, the entire world is limited to that which falls in their field of vision. We often notice what is happening off...