Activities

Like many Hokkaido residents, Gregory Stewart is an avid sportsman who enjoys snowboarding, telemark and cross country skiing, hi...

The clear blue sky stretched as far as I could see, as I sat on the terrace of the Nishiho Lodge in Nagano sipping a cold beer. S...

Where Craft Beer in Japan First Began   The new brewpub for Echigo Beer was quite a sight when it opened in December...

If you live in the Shonan area of Kanagawa, chances are you or someone you know is big into surfing. My buddies tried to get me t...

The excitement of discovering new places and waving at new faces keeps us pushing on the pedals. Every trip delivers new know...

Head to the furthest reaches of Japan’s least populated prefecture, Tottori, and prepare to be dazzled. In a country where...

At Senmaida (one-thousand rice paddies) in Shirayone, the more than 2,000 terraced ride paddies sloping down to the beach will ta...

When you reach the tiny village of Tsunekami, at the tip of the peninsula of the same name, you literally come to the end of the ...