Regions

It was my fifth day and mountain number two in Kyushu. Hitching a ride from an onsen in Beppu was easy and, soon enough, I was on...

For most people, March and April is spring. Spring in Japan means welcoming cherry blossoms and warm weather, and it is time to s...

Japanese concrete buildings constructed in the 1980s and apartment blocks built on ski resorts – two of the least likely sett...

Sitting in a popular sushi restaurant in Roppongi, my eyes are watering as I watch my new friend dip a piece of raw fish into eno...

Hash House Harrier roots extend back to the old English schoolboy game of "Hares and Hounds," in which players, called "hound...

The past 24 hours have passed with no sleep for me, bouts of seasickness, fatigue and cold weather, and all the other makings...

Sake (or Nihonshu) can be as involved and varied a subject as wine. Both have their experts, aficionados and divided opinions...

Michael Perrin spent his childhood trekking the holly-and-spruce-filled ridges of the Appalachian Mountains. A native of Atla...