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Features
Scuba Diving
Dive into the Other Oki Islands
The Oki Islands consist of four large inhabited islands and about 180 smaller uninhabited ones. Dogo Island (or Okinoshima) is th...
Rafting
Spring White Water Rafting
After a heavy powder season, the snowpacked mountains have fed Japan’s rivers with fast-flowing rapids for some great w...
Climbing
Q&A Sachi Amma
Over the past few years, Japan’s two-time World Cup Champion Sachi Amma’s focus has slowly moved away from climbing competit...
Cycling
Perfectly Norway
“You know America was discovered by the Vikings, not Christopher Columbus, right?” says Bjørn. We are sitting by th...
Scuba Diving
Wrecked in the Marianas
In the wreck department, Guam has five large war-era wrecks in its Apra Harbor, and there are at least 60 types of thes...
Events
The Circus Comes to Town
After years of planning, Travis Pastrana’s Nitro Circus Live came to Japan for the first time wowing tens of thousands ...
Backcountry Skiing
JAN’s New Snow Bulletin Board
The first place the powder snow season begins each year in Japan is that sacred area called Tateyama. As powder-lovers returned t...
Skiing
Further into Hokuriku
A sleek new bullet train blazes a trail past the majestic Japan Alps, through Nagano City and continues on to the Japan Sea, whis...