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Summer
Japan Camping Guide: Camping in Chubu
Camping in the Chubu Region (Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Ishikawa, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Toyama and Yamanashi Prefectures) Kubota...
Summer
Japan Camping Guide: Camping in Tohoku
Camping guide to the Tohoku Region (Aomori, Akita, Yamagata, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures). Utarube Camp (Aomori)Th...
Summer
Japan Camping Guide: Camping in Hokkaido
Camping, auto camping and glamping across Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. Hopi HillsHopi Hills is a charming farmstay loc...
Features
Paradise Found in No Man’s Land
Imagine starting your day from cold, gray Takeshiba Port, then waking up to a glowing sunrise and seabirds calling out in the rem...
Scuba Diving
Japan’s Top 10 Dives
The many islands and coastlines that make up Japan are home to the greatest diversity of large and small life forms on the planet...
Hiking
Conquering the Kita Alps Ridges
Grappling with a slightly rusty chain bolted into the hard, cold rock, I heave myself up onto the relative safety of a flat ledge...
Scuba Diving
Return to Palau
I am sitting in the mouth of a deep, sandy channel facing the open sea. Sharks circle in front of me and black snapper coast out ...
Craft Beer
Kampai! in Kansai
Kansai has been long known for its excellent cuisine, from Kyoto’s refined kyō-ryori dishes to the famous wagyū beef of Kobe, Shi...