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Issue 75

Summer 2020

Japan Camping Guide

Check out our picks all the way from Hokkaido to the Okinawa Islands and then plot your perfect Japan camping adventure.

Japan Camping Guide

Kids’ Summer Camps in Japan

Get your kids outdoors this summer at these fun, educational and challenging summer camps.

Camping

Japan Road Trip: Home is Where You Park It

Exploring traditional mountain towns and hot spring villages with Nick Saxon and Shino Timmermans. Public transport in Japan i...

Craft Beer

Craft Beer in Japan: Shiokaze BrewLab

Chris Poel is the former lead brewer at Baird Brewing. He recently branched out on his own to open Shiokaze BrewLab and the S...

Features

Remembering Nic: A Life Well Lived

It was a given growing up in New York City in the ‘60s and ‘70s that most—no, scratch that—all of your friends were either actors...

Issue 75

From the Editor: Summer 2020

Soon after I moved to Nagano in 1997 I started hearing stories about a foreign resident and conservationist who had bought up tra...

Market Watch

Farmers Markets in Japan: Fresh Home Delivery

This summer brings some changes to the farmers market scene in towns and cities up and down the country. While some markets have ...

Summer Fun at Izu and Lake Hamana

Izu Peninsula White sandy beaches and azure seas await just less than two hours from Tokyo. The Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka ...

Summer

Japan Camping Guide: Camping in Chugoku

Camping guide to Chugoku (Hiroshima, Okayama, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi Prefectures). CHUGOKU Qkamura Hiruzen Koge...

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Japan Camping Guide: Camping in Kyushu

Camping guide to Kyushu (Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Oita, Saga, Kagoshima, Miyazaki Prefetures). KYUSHU Montbell Goka...

Japan Camping Guide

Camping Car Rentals in Japan

Public transportation in Japan is great, but there re still many great places off the main tourist trail in Japan that are much e...

Summer

Japan Camping Guide: Camping in Okinawa

Camping guide to the Okinawa Islands. Yagaji Beach Camp This campsite in the northern part of Okinawa’s main island is se...

Summer

Japan Camping Guide: Camping in Shikoku

Camping guide to Shikoku (Kochi, Tokushima, Ehime and Kagawa Prefectures). SHIKOKU Shikoku Saburo no Sato (Tokushima)Th...

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Japan Camping Guide: Camping in Kansai

Camping in the Kansai Region (Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Shiga, Hyogo, Mie and Wakayama Prefectures) GRAX Premium Camp Resort (Kyoto)...

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Japan Camping Guide: Camping in Kanto

Camping in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi and Ibaraki Prefectures. Oarai Camp-jo (Ibaraki)Be one of the first...

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Japan Camping Guide: Camping in Chubu

Camping in the Chubu Region (Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama and Yamanashi Prefectures) Kubota...

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Japan Camping Guide: Camping in Tohoku

Camping guide to the Tohoku Region (Aomori, Akita, Yamagata, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures). Utarube Camp (Aomori)Th...

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Japan Camping Guide: Camping in Hokkaido

Camping, auto camping and glamping across Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. Hopi HillsHopi Hills is a charming farmstay loc...

Discover campsites, auto camping, glamping and camper van travel this summer! Our Summer 2020 issue features a Camping Guide to help you navigate our favorite campsites across Japan. Our Summer issue also remembers C.W. Nicol who was the face of Japan's outdoor industry and founded Afan Woodlands Trust. We sit down with long-time Baird lead-brewer Chris Poel who has taken his talents on the road, gypsy brewing in Japan with various brewers and opening up his own Shiokaze BrewLab just outside of Tokyo. Musician and NatGeo host Nick Saxon traveled to Japan for another gig at Winterland in Nozawa Onsen before hitting the road in a camper van with our friends at Dream Drive. He and his fiancé, Shino, returned with a photo essay. There’s no better time to get outside and into the open spaces, and be grateful for this beautiful place we call home. Every season is a new adventure in Japan—get out there!