Issue 28

When you reach the tiny village of Tsunekami, at the tip of the peninsula of the same name, you literally come to the end of the ...

Japan is an archipelago of more than 3,000 islands with a serious rainy season and a raging typhoon season. So, if you like to pl...

Ingredients Spam (pork luncheon meat)RiceEggNori (dried seaweed) You can’t mention Okinawa cooking without an obligator...

Waking up to the sound of the wind blowing in the trees, you stretch and squint towards the window as sun rays burst through ...

I enjoy books just as much as people who can hear, and I’m always throwing myself into the adventures found in their pages. One o...

White water and hot water often mind when people think of Minakami. From spring to fall a steady flow of helmet-wearing, paddle-w...

The inception of beer was a result of the advent of agriculture, the organized human activity that puts food on our collective ta...

Ask any serious anglers, and they will tell you they have an unconscious habit of immediately sizing up any body of water they co...

The Tokyo capital buildings lie in the background as the snowboarders take flight. What an amazing concept. This was made possibl...

Health and beauty have been topics of conversation since people were wandering through the proverbial Garden of Eden. Women’s...

Eco RideHigh Performance Folding Bikewww.slingshotbikes.com If a Saturday morning bike ride in the countryside seems like a pi...

A Cycling Journey to Experience the Local Life in Japan Why cycle Japan? What most cyclists, Japanese and foreigners alike...

Ten years ago, trail running was virtually unknown in Japan but, in the last few years, it has become one of the country’s hottes...

Volcanic islands, mountainous terrain and earth-shifting quakes are all part of Japan’s volatile natural landscape. Short, swift,...