Trekking

Japan is one of the most plugged-in nations in the world. There aren’t many places in this fiber-optic country where you are trul...

Anyone who has spent a lot of time here knows the mountains of Japan are an adventure playground of almost unlimited scope. When ...

Hot tea and mochi is always a good idea after a windy hike. I had just descended Mt. Deisan Damui on an uncharacteristically chil...

As the local population ages in Japan’s countryside, a way of life begins to disappear. Travelers return to Japan’s historical hi...

Completely soaked from head to toe, I manage to work my way down the snow-covered mountain stream with some optimism. I think to ...

In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary made the first ascent of Mt. Everest with his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay. The names Everest and ...

Unfamiliar names on a travel itinerary are a beautiful thing. Summoning my best college Spanish, I read them aloud. “Puerto Montt...

Nearly a decade ago I became inspired to hike the “hyakumeizan,” Japan’s one-hundred most revered mountains. I had bagged 91 peak...