Category
Activities
Activities
Yoga
Strength and Endurance Training
Yoga is often categorized as “relaxing” or “calming.” Indeed these aspects do surface with regular training, but one thing th...
Trail Recipes
Campfire Cooking Fried Garlic
Ingredients GarlicOlive Oil SaltMiso or soy sauce The second installment of the “Campfire Cooking” series follows the p...
Craft Beer
TY Harbor Brewery Restaurant
TY Harbor Brewery is a surprising oasis in the midst of Tokyo’s waterfront warehouse district. Not surprisingly, it is a spin-off ...
Backcountry Snowboarding
The Gods’ Playland
Kamui Minara is a backcountry playland high above the valley where raw adventure meets mellow relaxation. A long, long time ag...
People
Earth, Wind & Fire
A quest to master the shakuhachi, lead a life of self sufficiency, and a love for wood stoves leads one American to the woods of ...
Japan Snow Guide
Soul Searching on the Northern Island
"Skiing Japan," enter, click..."Backcountry ski Japan," enter, click..."Hokkaido powder," enter, click... I was confined to my of...
Features
Lost to the Avalanche
I received the call early in the morning on New Year’s Eve. I was in shock but could hear the voice on the other end saying the w...
Travel
New Places to Stay in Hakuba
If you can tell how the economy is doing by the number of new businesses popping up, Hakuba must be doing OK. Here are three of p...