Activities

For the slightly less adventurous Hokkaido vacationer, a drift ice cruise off the north shore of the island provides stunning vie...

Move over, Polar Bear Club, there is a new game in town—ice diving! Ice diving is not actually new, or a game, for that matter...

Heli-skiing operations are few and far between in Japan, and they certainly don’t come cheap. However, nothing can replace the eup...

“Beer tastes better in Bizen! ” he said. “From Bizen cups anyway.” He had been sitting in the corner all night and, as the discus...

Do you remember the mountain where you first learned to ride? Or the place you skied so much that you actually adopted it as your...

This column is dedicated to asking musicians the non-musically inclined question, “What are your favorite places to travel to in ...

Early autumn snow dusted the tops of Mt. Yotei and Mt. Asahidake, two of Hokkaido’s mightiest peaks, so it is shaping up to be an...

The peak of Mt. Kuju, reaching skyward from Aso-Kuju National Park, is the highest point on Kyushu Island and is the largest acti...