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Cultural Travel
Yamabushido – Follow the Path of the Warri...
Explore the outdoors and culture at the foot of Mt. Fuji!
Japan Angler
What Lies Beyond the Horizon
When I was growing up, Myanmar was one of those places from which you didn’t hear anything good. Mass media and the movies portra...
People
The Unstoppable Bruce Cook
Back in 2014, freestyle motocross rider Bruce Cook was attempting the biggest trick in the world of action sports at the time, a ...
Skiing
Aomori Spring
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...
Scuba Diving
Fire & Spice in the Banda Sea
Seven-thousand friendly inhabitants call the charming port town of Banda Neira home. It is one of the most picturesque ports in I...
Mountain Biking
Return of the Trail Ninjas
On a cold autumn morning atop Mt. Iwatake, the clouds blanket the valley and the sleeping village of Hakuba. It's just before sunrise, and the peaks of Shirouma and Karamatsu are vividly painted by the first rays of the morning sun. Near the top of ...
Craft Beer
The Hakuba Taproom
Ian Miller came to Japan to snowboard when he was 19. “I was really into snowboarding and met so many Japanese people ba...
Skiing
The Other Skiers of Japan
You can’t miss them in their style-less camouflage clothes and olive helmets. Their straight white skis, fat white fiberglass poles with monster rings and leather-strap bindings holding in what looks like a light leather mountain boot.