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Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido is famous for amazing views, yet far south, the Aso area rivals its magnificence. Fro...

The Tanzawa mountain range in northwestern Kanagawa Prefecture offers residents of greater Tokyo numerous hiking opportunities, no...

A towering pier, a concrete yellowish block under the evening sunshine; what a powerful view. The “Gunkan” (Battleship) Island was...

I left Tokyo with a few friends long before the sun came up and started on the trail around 8 a.m. Everyone was groggy from l...

You never know who you are going to meet and where you are going to meet them. This month I thought I would tell you a story o...

Can a bathhouse be closed if the front door is left open? The Naked Stranger likes to ponder philosophical questions of life,...

There are no beaches here, at least not sandy ones. No seaside inns. The terrain is best described as vertical, making one wo...

Route 338 weaves along the northeast tip of Aomori in northern Honshu where sandy beaches stretch all the way from Misawa north t...