aomori

Camping guide to the Tohoku Region (Aomori, Akita, Yamagata, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures). Utarube Camp (Aomori)Th...

When Gareth Burns, a 32-year-old from Philadelphia, decided to start a brewery up in Tohoku, the most northern region of Honshu, ...

Every winter a growing number of powder seekers arrive on Japan’s shores and then head to the mountain in search of the famous bo...

Hokkaido is the most northern island in Japan, yet it is so different from the main island of Honshu, that in some ways it feels ...

“If you build it they will come…” This famous quote from the movie “Field of Dreams” could just as easily be attributed to the lo...

“Mine has been a life of much shame” -Dazai Osamu, 1948 (From his book No Longer Human, or Ningen Shikkaku)   Hardly ...

Paul Vanderheiden was drawn to the Hakkodas in search of the deep powder they are known for. He formed a deep connection with the mountains and the people in this far corner of Tohoku, never imagining life would take such a dramatic turn.

Three marriage proposals, 40 punctured tires (and 10 new ones), close encounters with poisonous snakes and brown bears, four grue...

Route 338 weaves along the northeast tip of Aomori in northern Honshu where sandy beaches stretch all the way from Misawa north t...

Mountains, sea, capes, wilderness, forests and hot springs – this cycling trip is dotted with natural attractions. Moreover, ...

It is deathly silent, the snow seems to absorb every sound, and we marching without saying a word through waist deep snow. The wi...

My thumb does the talking to the few cars that pass my way. I walk for almost an hour when a middle-aged man with a sleepy stubby...