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Sailing and Boating
Return of the Humpbacks: An Okinawa Success Stor...
There was a time, several decades ago, when the humpback whales stopped coming to Okinawa. Today, hundreds return each winter, an...
Snowmobiling
Mission Impossible
About 180 kilometers into the mission, the gravity of the situation pulled me down like a lead weight toward the thick ice and th...
Winter
Beyond Fukushima
Travelers who can get beyond the name will find the mountains in western Fukushima filled with beautiful scenery, excellent ski r...
Trail Running
Trail Blazers: Q&A with Timo Meyer
Over the past two years, Minakami-based trail runner Timo Meyer has made a name for himself on the international trail running sc...
Rock Climbing
Rock Shots: Hokkaido
Japan rock stars Sachi Amma and Akiyo Noguchi head to the north island to take on some of Hokkaido’s toughest climbs.  ...
Rock Climbing
The Warm Faces of Colombia
While travelers often eschew Colombia for presumably safer options in the region, memories of the warmhearted people and challeng...
Scuba Diving
Into the Ryukyu Blue
Okinawa is an amazing chain of islands for divers, and the Kerama Islands are on every diver’s Okinawa “bucket list.” The beautif...
Hiking
Long Trails in Japan: The Shinetsu
The word for “hiking” in Japanese is “tozan”(登山)which literally means “to climb a mountain.” As the word suggests, the lofty goal...