Outdoor Japan

Stem Programming and Outdoor Fun for Kids

Get your kids outdoors this summer at these fun, educational and challenging summer camps.

Chase the cherry blossoms north and enjoy five of Tohoku’s best hikes this spring.

Check out these spring escapes this season and enjoy outdoor activities throughout Japan.

A warm Pacific breeze blows at our backs and the boat rocks gently as it sets out from the sleepy Sukumo Port as we begin our sno...

Every year the Japan Meteorological Corporation releases a forecast for when Japan's famous sakura cherry blossoms are due to blo...

Autumn is Japan’s most colorful season and the best time of year to be outside enjoying some two-wheeled social distancing. We’ve...

Nagano Prefecture—once referred to as “Shinshu” and “Shinano-no-kuni”—is home to some of Japan’s great mountains, attracting seri...

Rice fields transform from green to gold in the Japanese countryside of the Tosa Reihoku area in Kochi Prefecture. Tosa Reihoku i...

While I am a proud perennial cider drinker, I will concede that autumn is certainly the season when cider’s magic is best experie...

As summer turns to fall, so the offers of the seasonal table at farmers markets change. Zucchini and cucumber give way to pumpkin...

The Original Mountain Marathon (OMM), one of the oldest adventure races in the world, will be held this autumn at Nozawa Onsen Vi...