Activities

Approximately 600 kilometers from Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur, among the vast equatorial rainforests of Borneo in the s...

A brief cultural history of the sento from a hot water nut I guarantee I go to the sento (public bathhouse) more than you. I k...

Where can you find a moose and a camel? Snow in the summer time? Wash down horse milk cheese with homemade vodka? Live in a tent ...

There I was, sitting in a local coffee shop in Sapporo, face to face with this slight, long-haired, hippie-like Japanese guy spea...

With a bicycle loaded down with camping gear, I made my way down to Mt. Hakkoda (in Aomori) in search of the true colors of autum...

Grab your backpack and throw on your hiking shoes! Haikingu ni ikimashou! (ハイキングに行きましょう！ Let’s go hiking!) Yes, it’ll be a leg-te...

The name Shonan is synonymous with water sports on its famous long beaches, from surfing to swimming to windsurfing to yachting. A...

New boarding technologies always promise the same feeling as carving fresh powder or surfing. Most don't live up to the hype, but...