9 Outdoors Mount Gusuku, Ie-Jima Peter Sidell The only mountain on the small island of Ie-Jima in Japan's tropical chain Okinawa, Mount Gusuku gives a beautiful panorama..
9 Camping & Trekking Ko-Maruyama Hiking Course in Nikko Tomoko Kamishima Mt. Ko-Maruyama is located within Nikko’s Kirifuri-kogen highlands. This course is very slippery year round. But the splendid ..
Camping & Trekking A Tomb with a View Robert Grey Those interested in Japanese culture and history may be familiar with kofun, the ancient burial mounds found all over the country...
10 Outdoors Sennokuro-san Summit C. Rio Day two of my hike up Sennokuro-san was greeted with clear skies and calm air. My first task upon rising was to descend 100 meters..
17 Outdoors Rokukannon Pond Tristan Scholze This nature hike around a volcanic crater lake in Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park abounds with birds, deer, a shrine, and beautiful..
8 Camping & Trekking Naeba Fall Hiking C. Rio Taking advantage of the brief calm between the storms (typhoons), me and my faithful hiking buddy made another pilgrimage to the..
Camping & Trekking Mt Kimbo Mandy Bartok Get a great view of Kumamoto - and a workout to boot - from the peak of Mt Kimbo, just outside the city.
8 Outdoors Tsugoe Waterfall Anonymous A waterfall of one of the tributary rivers of Kamogawa in Saijo City. The sound of the relentless flow of water cascading into a..