Activities A New Plan for Fuji-san Elena Lisina After a not too successful first Mt. Fuji climb, I created a new plan to ascend the mountain based on the much easier Gotemba Trail...
6 Seasonal Sunday Afternoon at Kyoto City Hall Mohd Shazni Zainal Kyoto City Hall may sound like a typical old building that you may visit during your trip. But check out what's happening outside..
10 Camping & Trekking Zushi Takatori-yama Hiking Course Tomoko Kamishima The starting point of the hiking course to Takatori-yama is from JR Higashi Zushi Station on the Yokosuka Line. Go toward Jinmu-ji..
Activities Kisuge-daira: Day Lilies in Nikko Tomoko Kamishima Beautiful yellow day lilies cover the grass halfway up the mountain of Nikko's Ko-maruyama in early summer. They bloom from..
Winter Sports SOL-FA Oda Ski Gelende Anonymous SOL-FA Oda Ski Gelende is probably Shikoku's premier snow resort. It's good for some undemanding, family-oriented winter..
Activities Hakkaisan Ropeway Kim Bergström Minamiuonuma in the heart of Niigata's snow country has picturesque mountainous surroundings. Enjoy the views in the region..
Sports & Fitness Stairway to Heaven, Jakkoin Chris Glenn First the steep path to the top will take your breath away,...then the view will! Inuyama's Jakkoin Temple!
Water Sports Atreyu River Guides R.S. Reynolds I travel from Lake Kussharo in Akan National Park and down the Kushiro River with Atreyu nature guides