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A Cool Escape to Misty Island
A methane-like pong wafts through the air. The pungent odor is in fact part of the attraction of Kyushu’s most elevated onse...
Cultural Travel
A Kyushu Yen on a Shoestring
Budget travel in Japan? Impossible, you say? Think again. With a little planning and spending discretion, it’s entirely possible,...
Backcountry Skiing
Skiing Godzone
Welcome to your new summer holiday powder-fix retreat. Fast becoming the holiday destination of choice for skiers with many wo...
Music Festivals
The 14 Best for the Summer Fests
10 years of Japanese Rock Festivals Following in the First Act Footsteps of the Red Hot Chili Peppers So I’m at a bar and run i...
Music Festivals
Magic, Mayhem and Music
A LOOK BACK AT FUJI ROCK ’05 Walking through the woods, we wondered where the plank board path would take us next. We had lost ...
Music Festivals
Let the Good Times Roll!
Roll up, roll on up—step right this way. Welcome aboard the OJ Magic Bus for the 1st Annual Summer Musical Mystery Tour with stop...
Hokkaido
Breaking All The Rules With Mr. Bear
If you’ve ever read about what to do when camping in bear country, you’d know there are a few rules one should try to follow. Han...
Spirit of Silence
Homesick in a Huge Country
Late last year I made my way to Canada for some telemark skiing, and I have just returned home to Japan. Before this trip my trav...