Rob Volansky

“I had nothing.” That’s what Australian Scott Walker, owner and operator of Scott Adventure Sports (SAS), had to say about his fir...

After six productive years in Japan, Rob Volansky made the reluctantly inevitable move back to the States. That was more than a y...

Juggling personal relationships and careers in the arts brought Stefan Bell from his native Hungary to Canada, America, and then ...

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...

Harness nature and reach places a surfboard or snowboard could never possibly take you. You know what? Just go ahead and fly. Go ...

Behind every great man is a tiny woman. Isn’t that how the saying goes? In the case of Pat and Naomi O’Keefe, this axiom especial...

Owner, Powder House Lodge & Hakuba Real Estate Michael Baker arrived in Japan from his native Australia 12 years ago t...

For the slightly less adventurous Hokkaido vacationer, a drift ice cruise off the north shore of the island provides stunning vie...

Move over, Polar Bear Club, there is a new game in town—ice diving! Ice diving is not actually new, or a game, for that matter...

Early autumn snow dusted the tops of Mt. Yotei and Mt. Asahidake, two of Hokkaido’s mightiest peaks, so it is shaping up to be an...