Activities

Ten years ago, trail running was virtually unknown in Japan but, in the last few years, it has become one of the country’s hottes...

Volcanic islands, mountainous terrain and earth-shifting quakes are all part of Japan’s volatile natural landscape. Short, swift,...

Just before sitting down to pen this month’s column, I came down with a bad cold—from stomach pains and nausea to the eventual fe...

From the ‘Land of Sky Blue Waters... A place as natural and remote as Kumano, straddling the border between Wakayama and Mie pref...

I get off the bus at Miyagi Station and begin my two-hour walk to the Asosan trailhead. I am well rested, my pack feels less heav...

The brilliant green coastline along the Bay of Plenty seems to stretch on forever. Void of man-made objects other than the road i...

Trail running is now a sport in its own right rather than just trail practice by marathon masochists. Mountains and forests have ...

Scarpa Hurricane BootスカルパハリケーンブーツStill debating about the impact skiing has on the environment? Scarpa has made it a bit easier t...