Activities

It was eight months earlier when the concept of completing an Ironman competition entered my consciousness. Not in the way so man...

An interview with one of Japan's top female trail runners: Chigaya Mase  “I baked these Danishes today. Please, try one,” ...

“A foreign girl climbing Poroshiri alone? I have lived here 50 years, and the mountain is no joke.” So said the old man at the vi...

Trail rides, single-track rides, leisurely tour rides...even elephant rides...the Chiang Rai MTB Enduro is the ride of your life....

Weighing eight tons, the 62-foot, double-hulled canoe known as Hokule’a is only overshadowed by who and what she represents and t...

Summer vacation in Japan is not an extended affair. “Salarymen” swelter in cities across Japan, working through the heat of summe...

A few hours from the crowds and concrete of Tokyo is a small river where, over the last few years, I have consistently landed a d...

For two weeks I had been in the South Alps, working as hut staff. Preparing pre-sunrise breakfasts and early dinners left little ...