Snowboarding

Just a few hours north of Tokyo by Shinkansen (bullet train) await remote mountains and the countryside of Tohoku’s Akita and Iwate prefectures.

If a picture speaks a thousand words, Yuske Hirota’s life is a novel.

Every winter a growing number of powder seekers arrive on Japan’s shores and then head to the mountain in search of the famous bo...

Enter the all-season world of Shinetsu Shinzekyo in Nagano and Niigata with outdoor professionals

The idea of this journey began to form shortly after I arrived in Japan nearly a decade ago. Spurred from a love of wild mountains and perfect waves, the trip lay dormant until I met Lena Stoffel and Aline Bock.

Motorcycles and surfboards may seem like an unlikely marriage, but Deus Ex Machina has taken their love building custom bikes and...

Evergreen Outdoor Center, based at the foot of the Japan Northern Alps in Hakuba, Nagano provides tours, lessons and instruction ...

Go backcountry skiing with Olympic skier Akira Sasaki, test Salomon and Atomic's latest gear and more!