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Backcountry Tours
Doing It Solo
December is upon us, so the snow up here in Hokkaido will be here to stay for a while. After a busy summer and fall of taking...
Japan Snow Guide
Hakuba Ski Resort Guide
AOKIKO/KIZAKIKO LAKE AREA As you drive or take the train from Omachi, before entering Hakuba, there are three resorts arou...
Backcountry Snowboarding
Riding the White Horse
The winter sports capital of Japan’s main island is undoubtedly Hakuba, where no less than 12 ski resorts can be found in close pr...
Craft Beer
Tama no Megumi Beer
The northeastern reaches of Tokyo are blessed with some remarkably fine hiking areas, with trailheads less than two hours from the...
Hiking
100 Famous Japanese Mountains: #64 Asahi-dake
It was the fourth day I had been traveling with Hiroshi Sakurai, who I had met while hitchhiking to Mt. Iide a few days before. I...
Cultural Travel
What’s Cooking in Asia?
Cooking lessons: The travel souvenir that just keeps on giving! TOKYO
A Taste of Culture is a culinary arts program in Tokyo le...
Malaysia
Sarawak Blues
Approximately 600 kilometers from Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur, among the vast equatorial rainforests of Borneo in the s...
Cultural Travel
The Call of the Kousa
Where can you find a moose and a camel? Snow in the summer time? Wash down horse milk cheese with homemade vodka? Live in a tent ...