Regions

On a cold autumn morning atop Mt. Iwatake, the clouds blanket the valley and the sleeping village of Hakuba. It's just before sunrise, and the peaks of Shirouma and Karamatsu are vividly painted by the first rays of the morning sun. Near the top of ...

Ian Miller came to Japan to snowboard when he was 19.  “I was really into snowboarding and met so many Japanese people ba...

Experience the green season beauty of real Japan with professional and experienced international guides

Enter the all-season world of Shinetsu Shinzekyo in Nagano and Niigata with outdoor professionals

Human-powered adventures in Tokyo on two wheels or on foot

You can’t miss them in their style-less camouflage clothes and olive helmets. Their straight white skis, fat white fiberglass poles with monster rings and leather-strap bindings holding in what looks like a light leather mountain boot.

It’s a chilly winter day in Tokyo, but Clayton Kernaghan is comfortable in a T-shirt, laughing about how warm is the city. After ...

The idea of this journey began to form shortly after I arrived in Japan nearly a decade ago. Spurred from a love of wild mountains and perfect waves, the trip lay dormant until I met Lena Stoffel and Aline Bock.