Niigata

One of the best things about traveling through Japan is the scenic train rides that duck into tunnels and emerge into mountainous...

Walking through a damp, faint trail along a rice paddy, long curly grey locks peak out around the corner of a room where stacks o...

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Trail running is a great way to explore the beautiful nature of a country while getting away from the usual tourist spots.

Lotte Arai Resort will definitely become a hotspot for western skiers and boarders over the next few years.

Recent movies such as “Wild” and “A Walk in the Woods” have popularized long-distance hiking, causing many of us who enjoy backpacking to wonder what it would be like to complete one of the legendary long distance hiking trails.

Enter the all-season world of Shinetsu Shinzekyo in Nagano and Niigata with outdoor professionals

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.