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Not every trip to Japan is built around a single activity, and this section covers the rest: cultural travel, eco-tourism, adventure travel, onsen and hot spring culture, and the practical planning that ties a trip together. Start with our Best Time to Visit Japan guide if you’re still deciding when to go, or our guide to Takaragawa Onsen in Gunma if a great hot spring is part of the plan. This is also the broadest section on the site, so use the subcategories below to narrow in on a specific region, culture, or travel style.
Onsen
Episode 1: Maguse Onsen – The Travelers Fr...
If you are a stranger in this strange land, the Naked Stranger is just like you. He is not from around here. He comes from a ...
Photography
Haikyo: Sports World
It is night by the time you arrive. You can barely make out the trampled barbed wire fence as you ease under it. Your backpack ca...
Travel
Impossible is Nothing
The first time I walked on a pair of bamboo stilts with a 20-kg. pack on my back was the day I stood on Japan’s most northerly pr...
Bali
Wax On, Drop In, Chill Out!
Alex Springenschmidt first came to Bali in 1998 and, like many before him, he fell in love with the waves, smiling faces and the ...
People
Remembering Jake Burton
This article was originally published in Spring 2010. Outdoor Japan contributor Neil Hartmann sits down with Jake Burton in Ni...
Eco Corner
Eco Corner: Choices for Sustainable Lifestyles
Our picks for our favorite eco-friendly activities and attractions. ECO JET SKISEco Watercraft The noise and polluting...
Photography
Forgotten Places
It’s silent, but for the crunch of rusted Pachinko balls underfoot. In front of you lies a shattered bowling ball, its marbled gr...
Eco Corner
Eco Corner: Choices for Sustainable Lifestyles
Eco Eat More Home Deliverywww.daichi.or.jpIt just keeps getting easier in Japan to have fresh organic foods delivered straight to...