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Lake Biwa (Biwa-ko), is Japan’s largest lake with an area of 670 km. square. There are many fishing ports along its shore, and th...

Packing your backpack for spring or summer hiking trips can be a matter of preference, but one thing is certain; packing it right...

If you are a stranger in this strange land, the Naked Stranger is just like you. He is not from around here. He comes from a ...

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...

After spending four years riding more mountains in North America than most skiers get in a lifetime, I was ready for a new advent...

Alex Springenschmidt first came to Bali in 1998 and, like many before him, he fell in love with the waves, smiling faces and the ...