7 Activities Canyoning Adventure in Yamanashi C. Rio Nishi Zawa Kei Koku just happens to be my favorite canyon in all of Japan. Beautiful Caribbean blue water collects in cascadi..
11 Outdoors Doryu Falls Cathy Cawood The Kawamata River Valley has several waterfalls, but Doryu Falls are considered the most beautiful.
Activities Canyoning in Yamanashi Rufus Starbuck Huge waterfalls, big jumps and fast, whitewater slides out in the mountains of Yamanashi. A day expedition to explore a remote canyon..
15 Outdoors Minami Kiyosato Michi-no-eki Cathy Cawood Minami Kiyosato Road Station is a great place to break your car journey in Yamanashi. It can even accommodate overnight camper vans...
7 Activities Beneath the Great Volcano Reynald Ventura Fujisan has been quietly keeping some kind of jewels --- there are tons of blocks of ice resting underneath the sleeping volca..
11 Activities The Momijis of Shosenkyo Reynald Ventura Taking advantage of the government’s Go to Travel Campaign, I took a day-trip to Shosenkyo Gorge in Yamanashi. The momijis wer..
9 Activities Views of Lake Kawaguchiko by bike Jerome Lee Lake Kawaguchiko is one of the lakes around the Fuji Five Lakes region, in Yamanashi Prefecture. It can be reached by train at..
Sports & Fitness Mountainboarding at Fujiten Anonymous Fujiten Snow Resort is one of the few places in Japan where you can enjoy mountainboarding in the summer season.