mountain hiking

Fuji-san is the most climbed mountain in the world. If you are in good shape, there is a way to avoid the traffic for a more peaceful Mt. Fuji experience during the off-season.

There’s arguably nowhere more breathtaking than Kamikochi in Japan’s Northern Alps.

Explore the outdoors and culture at the foot of Mt. Fuji!

Japan is one of the most plugged-in nations in the world. There aren’t many places in this fiber-optic country where you are trul...

Anyone who has spent a lot of time here knows the mountains of Japan are an adventure playground of almost unlimited scope. When ...

I am not sure who had the idea to run the main ridge of Japan’s Central Alps, but it could have been me. I am certain, however, w...

There are many places in Japan where you can climb up to a mountain, stay in a hut or tent, then get up the next day and head off...

Nearly a decade ago I became inspired to hike the “hyakumeizan,” Japan’s one-hundred most revered mountains. I had bagged 91 peak...

The sound of my footsteps echoes across the empty Hayakawa Valley. No other footprints in the snow, no signs of life ahead or beh...

Hakone is a popular destination for tourists who come for the many hot springs, fancy restaurants and historic ryokan (inns)....

I get off the bus at Miyagi Station and begin my two-hour walk to the Asosan trailhead. I am well rested, my pack feels less heav...

Seventy-five percent of our planet's active volcanoes are found on the circumference of the Pacific Ocean, the so-called "Pacific...