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Now that Japan’s hills and mountains have begun shedding their winter coats, it’s time to pull those trail running shoes out of t...

If you are tired of battling the crowds at the airport during Golden Week, there are plenty of ways to celebrate the spring holid...

The word for “hiking” in Japanese is “tozan”（登山）which literally means “to climb a mountain.” As the word suggests, the lofty goal...

It was a cold January evening in 1618. The guard shivered, stifled a yawn and shifted his weight from right to left in an effort ...

On April 26, trail runners from around the globe gathered at Japan’s most iconic mountain to take part in Japan’s largest trail r...

The old man and I sat on the peak of the Gendarme, that towering granite spire, watching the early evening clouds boil around the...

Training and preparation are paramount to playing safe in the backcountry, and recently guides and instructors are putting more e...

Over the last decade, Jeremy Jones has been perhaps the biggest name in big mountain snowboarding. He has appeared in numerous ex...