Kanto

The idea for Japan Coast to Coast, following famous rivers and crossing some of Japan`s highest roads, came 10 years ago when I h...

Located in the northern end of Tochigi Prefecture, Nasu Kogen Beer has always been one of the more classy and elegant craft b...

The Tanzawa mountain range in northwestern Kanagawa Prefecture offers residents of greater Tokyo numerous hiking opportunities, no...

There are no beaches here, at least not sandy ones. No seaside inns. The terrain is best described as vertical, making one wo...

The Naked Stranger is an aficionado for all things Japanese. People in his country even consider him an expert on the subject. He...

Hakone is a popular destination for tourists who come for the many hot springs, fancy restaurants and historic ryokan (inns)....

My buddy Gary calls me late at night saying there is some action I should take at first light. I tell him I’ll come around be...

The first time I walked on a pair of bamboo stilts with a 20-kg. pack on my back was the day I stood on Japan’s most northerly pr...