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Riverbeds, tabletop mountains, volcano rim touring—I had heard the rumors about the incredible mountain biking down in Kyushu. Th...

Sleepy Sado Island, just off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, easily slips under most people’s radar. Unless you were banished th...

Private rooms with traditional Japanese architecture make Kayabuki a relaxing place to visit, but the location and access to grea...

On the ferry from Tokyo to Tokushima, a local woman told me it was a good choice to climb Ishizuchi-san, as it is the guardian an...

From hand helds to hand holds, from being dangerously exposed to overexposure, good climbing photography sometimes means letting i...

Exploring new destinations by bike is a unique experience. Traveling with your bicycle, however, can be difficult, but renting is...

On the scale of great enthusiasms and devotions it’s hard to think of anything physically, emotionally or symbolically grander th...

It was eight months earlier when the concept of completing an Ironman competition entered my consciousness. Not in the way so man...