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Hiking Trip in Beppu: Kyushu’s Tallest Mountain

Everyone seems to adore Kyushu. This large island is a favorite for natural disasters, like volcanoes, earthquakes and typhoons. Have you ever considered how do their volcanic peaks look like?

Climbing Mt. Fuji: The Sequel No One Asked For

The saying goes “Every wise man has climbed Mt. Fuji once, but only a fool climbs it twice”. Well, I’m the fool and I’m here to talk to you about it.

Hiking trip to Fukushima: Mt. Adatara

Mt Adatara (安達太良山) is a prominent volcanic peak, a bit closer to Fukushima city. Its name consists of a lot of wonderful kanji, which I can vaguely translate as safe and accomplished, thick and nice mountain. The last time it erupted was in 1996, so it is indeed pretty safe at the moment.

Day Hike from Tokyo: Exploring Myojingatake BUT on a sunny day

[Visited on October 3rd, 2021] The first time I hiked Mt. Myojogatake and Mt. Myojingatake, it was a gloomy, rainy day. Mist was covering everything and I couldn’t see any further than 2 meters in front of me. The otherworldly atmosphere was much appreciated, but considering that there is a literal rim of a calderaContinue reading “Day Hike from Tokyo: Exploring Myojingatake BUT on a sunny day”

Roadtrip to Hokkaido: The stinky valley (Pt. 3)

A surprise to no one, it seems like Hokkaido’s north is pretty cold, even when judging from spring’s average weather. That’s why, it is time to head to the south, where belated hanami blossoming (compared to the rest of the country) awaits. The first stop is Noboribetsu (登別), which with your new-found Ainu vocabulary skillsContinue reading “Roadtrip to Hokkaido: The stinky valley (Pt. 3)”

Day Hike from Tokyo: Exploring Myojingatake and the Outer Caldera of Hakone

[Visited on September 26th, 2020] Since I recently moved to Kanagawa (again), it makes sense to focus more on visiting mountains inside the prefecture. It is not easy to wake up and head all the way to Saitama after all. Well, considering that I had already been to Mt. Oyama, Mt. Jimba and Mt. Byobo,Continue reading “Day Hike from Tokyo: Exploring Myojingatake and the Outer Caldera of Hakone”