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The first time on a snowboard can be painful experience etched deep in your muscle memory. Catching an edge once will keep yo...

Snow trekking on the spine of the Chuo Alps Eighteen thousand years ago the Japan Alps were not only rocky mountain peaks ...

Smaller and lesser known resorts in Japan pack a big powder punch if you know where to go. Some of the most uncrowded runs, de...

Most people who are outdoor enthusiasts in Japan love hopping into onsen. Some are clear, others milky white or dark and muddy. T...

I grew up with bears. Winnie, Paddington, The Berenstains, Yogi, even Grizzly Adams. Bears are cute; they just run away. I’ve see...

How can you not be intrigued by a place called the last Shangri La, a country measured by Gross National Happiness, a land of thu...

Gibbon brings slacklining to Japan I am pathologically frightened of heights, so the idea of being suspended on an inch-th...

The tropical jungle of Bali may seem like an unusual place to develop the next generation of eco-conscious leaders, but the creat...