Issue 40

Baeren Beer Morioka, Iwate Baeren stands apart from the typical Japanese microbrewery by focusing on German styles of beer. Foun...

On a day Kazuhiro Kokubo should have been focusing on defending his U.S. Open half pipe title at Stratton Mountain, Vermont, the n...

I’m in Yap, Micronesia, home of some of the most remote reefs in the Western Pacific. As I prepare to scuba dive down to Vertigo ...

Outdoor manufacturer and retailer MontBell is one of many companies directly affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. “...

Sage shio no tsugi wa, age shio ja… A rising tide always follows an ebbing one… During the always-too-short summer holidays, my p...

Chichibu is a basin town in western Saitama Prefecture where people come to embark on a pilgrimage to the 34 temples in the area. ...

On a bright, shiny Saturday night in Tokyo, several hundred volunteers carrying backpacks the size of small children gathered on ...

The cold season was just starting, so I pulled out my worn jacket from last year. I stick my hands in the pockets and find an old ...

Name: Ross Findlay Nationality: Australian Occupation: Owner, Niseko Adventure Centre Location: Niseko, Japan Web: www.nac-web.c...

During tough times, and Japan has seen its fair share recently, people have a tendency to tighten their belts or stay indoors. Ye...

“Well, those Tokyo girls are hip, I really love those clothes they wear. And Okinawa girls with the way they talk they knock me ou...

Golden Week this year was pretty solemn. So many people I know decided to refrain from any leisure activity out of consideration ...

My first trip to Japan hadn’t produced any pictures worth talking about. The weather didn’t cooperate, and the water clarity at th...