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Activities
Activities
Music Festivals
Let the Good Times Roll!
Roll up, roll on up—step right this way. Welcome aboard the OJ Magic Bus for the 1st Annual Summer Musical Mystery Tour with stop...
Hokkaido
Breaking All The Rules With Mr. Bear
If you’ve ever read about what to do when camping in bear country, you’d know there are a few rules one should try to follow. Han...
Spirit of Silence
Homesick in a Huge Country
Late last year I made my way to Canada for some telemark skiing, and I have just returned home to Japan. Before this trip my trav...
Craft Beer
Tama Beer
Tama Beer at Restaurant Beer Club Tama Hills Area
Hachioji, Tokyo The area surrounding this small brewery restaurant affords qui...
Hiking
100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #27 Kaimon-dake
The mountain of the day was Kaimon-dake, also known as Satsuma-Fuji, the symbol of Satsuma-hanto Peninsula. I had less than two h...
People
Kokusai Couple
Behind every great man is a tiny woman. Isn’t that how the saying goes? In the case of Pat and Naomi O’Keefe, this axiom especial...
Tottori
Board All Day
On a mission to complete a full day of riding, our plan was surf and then snow, so we headed to The North Shore and Big Mountain....
Cycling
Niseko Goes Green
Once the last snow melts away, Niseko doesn’t skip a beat—it finds a new rhythm—and people find other ways to enjoy the great out...
