10 Camping & Trekking The Snow Country Trail Rufus Starbuck A 280 kilometer hiking trail that loops around the Snow Country area crossing into Niigata, Gunma and Nagano.
16 Camping & Trekking A Spring Hike in Mitsuse Tristan Scholze Spring flowers and new green shoots forth in this nature walk in the village of Mitsuse, near Fukuoka City. Photographs taken in..
24 Outdoors Takaosan Elena Lisina Takaosan is a good place for hiking as it suggests a few different hiking trails. Many visitors come to Yakuoin temple to pray to..
7 Outdoors Walking in the Shadow of Tanigawa C. Rio This section of the Snow Country Trail follows the old Route 291. In its heyday, this was one of the main trade routes from t..
Camping & Trekking Tenran-Tonosu Mountain Trail Todd Wojnowski The Tenran-Tonosu Mountain Trail covers a pair of easy mountains to hike in Hanno City, Saitama. This is a nice day hike from Tokyo...
9 Camping & Trekking Kuju in February Tristan Scholze Visit Aso-Kuju National Park in central Kyushu once—anytime of year—and you’ve seen great beauty. But if you make the time to ..
Camping & Trekking Kanabiki Waterfall Robert Van Egghen Kanabiki waterfall, one of the top 100 waterfalls in Japan, is a beautiful and refreshing day trip near Miyazu and Amanohashid..
Camping & Trekking Kagami Numa Wetland Marsh Matt Stormont Kagami numa is a natural pond formed in the middle of a wetland marsh that juts out of the northeast face of Mount Annupuri in Niseko...