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TravelPeople
Meet professional athletes, entrepreneurs, activists and environmentalists as well as regular people and readers doing amazing things in Japan and around the world in our interviews, spotlights and Faces in the Crowd stories on Outdoor Japan.
People
Balancing Fame
One spring afternoon in 2008, 24-year-old Okayama native Toru Osugi was a few years out of college working odd jobs and looking for a new hobby to pursue.
Backcountry Skiing
Denali Descent
Daisuke Sasaki has made a name for himself in the world of big-mountain skiing.
People
Interview: The Snowboarding Samurai
If a picture speaks a thousand words, Yuske Hirota’s life is a novel.
People
Life is a Journey
About six years ago, I decided to steer my life in a new direction. I charted a path around the world, connecting bucket list adventures and destinations through 100 countries for a journey that would take me from my expatriate home in China to the U.S.
People
Faces in the Crowd: Hiroka Yoshikawa
In a world of evolving sport styles, it’s refreshing to see surfers like Hiroka Yoshikawa embracing the classics.
Japan Angler
What Lies Beyond the Horizon
When I was growing up, Myanmar was one of those places from which you didn’t hear anything good. Mass media and the movies portra...
People
The Unstoppable Bruce Cook
Back in 2014, freestyle motocross rider Bruce Cook was attempting the biggest trick in the world of action sports at the time, a ...
Skiing
The Other Skiers of Japan
You can’t miss them in their style-less camouflage clothes and olive helmets. Their straight white skis, fat white fiberglass poles with monster rings and leather-strap bindings holding in what looks like a light leather mountain boot.