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As a general rule, I take an open-minded approach to life, giving any new experience a fair chance to impress me. Then again, I’m...

All right. The Naked Stranger gets it. He digs, man. Animals behaving like people never stops being entertaining. Seeing a do...

Founded in July of 1996 on the western side of Japan’s Northern Alps, Hida Takayama Beer is one of Japan’s earliest microbrew...

I used to jokingly say, “Izu Ōshima is like visiting Mars in Tokyo.” I have been running bike tours on the island in spring a...

The sound of my footsteps echoes across the empty Hayakawa Valley. No other footprints in the snow, no signs of life ahead or beh...

They call it “Bonin Blue.” Here I hovered, 60 feet under, surrounded in sapphire. Below, large boulders littered the sea floor. I...

Mt. Kanaya is an unremarkable hill. Arrive in summer, and the short chairlift is running visitors to the top, so they can ride a ...

MontBell is undoubtedly the biggest player in the Japanese outdoor market, with not only 68 domestic retail outlets around the co...