Hiking in Japan

On the ferry from Tokyo to Tokushima, a local woman told me it was a good choice to climb Ishizuchi-san, as it is the guardian an...

For two weeks I had been in the South Alps, working as hut staff. Preparing pre-sunrise breakfasts and early dinners left little ...

Ingredients GarlicOlive Oil SaltMiso or soy sauce The second installment of the “Campfire Cooking” series follows the p...

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...

As I approached Mt. Tsukuba from a distance, I could see the two peaks that symbolize this mountain. The peak to the east, Nyotai...

Catching up with Jeff Jensen before his upcoming seventh New Year’s Day attempt to scale Mt. Fuji. For six consecutive years on...

“This is going to be a long three days, the tail-end of the South Alps,” I thought to myself, as I checked my bootlaces and then ...