Category: Hiking

• Hiking: Ryugadake

  

  It’s been just over a week since we returned from the UK. Flying back into Japan was a nightmare. If you’re coming back any time soon – especially into Narita or Haneda  – stay calm and remember, it’s not always going to be like this. Well, fingers crossed.

  Sean

  April 26, 2022

  Hiking, Japan, Mie, Shiga

  登山, 竜ヶ岳, Hiking, Japan, Mie, Ryugadake, Shiga, 山登り

• Adventure: Hiking for Kids in Once a Year Snow

  

  Hiking up Mt. Miroku in once a year snow as the leader of a new local hiking club for kids.

  Sean

  February 22, 2022

  Hiking, Japan, Kasugai

  Hiking, Japan, Kasugai, Mirokuyama, Nagoya, snow, 弥勒山, 春日井

• Hiking: Mt. Hijiri in the Minami Alps

  

  There are times out in the middle of nowhere when you can’t believe that you are actually there and this was one of them. Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya—big cities all unimaginable while stood at the summit of places like this.

  Sean

  August 29, 2021

  Hiking, Japan, Japanese Alps, Minami Alps

  Akaishi Mountains, 登山, 聖岳, 長野県, 静岡県, Hiking, Japan, micro adventure, Minami Alps, mountain climbing, Mt. Hijiri, Nagano, Nakasendō, outsideisfree, Shizuoka, South Alps, Southern Alps, 南アルプス, 山登り

• Hiking: Mt. Shiomi in the Minami Alps

  

  The weather this August—torrential rain day after day for almost two weeks. One of my goals this month was to do plenty of hiking, with Mt. Shiomi (塩見岳) in the Minami Alps being the main objective. Mt. Shiomi is a mountain I’ve wanted to climb for some time now but never quite managed it.

  Sean

  August 27, 2021

  Hiking, Japan, Minami Alps

  Akaishi Mountains, climbing, 登山, 長野県, Hiking, Japan, micro adventure, Minami Alps, Mt. Shiomi, Nagano, Nagoya, outsideisfree, Photography, Sanpukutoge, Shiomidake, South Alps, Southern Alps, 塩見岳, 山登り, 三伏峠

• Camping and Hiking: Mt. Byobu, Tsukechi River, and Mt. Futatsumori

  

  This month we went hiking first up Mt. Byobu (屏風山), followed a few weeks later by the last family camp we’ll do for a while because of the heat along the Tsukechi River (付知川), and an early morning hike up Mt. Futatsumori (二つ森山) that was supposed to be gentle but ended up being ruthless – steep, slippery, and humid – but worth it for the view at the top.

  Sean

  July 20, 2021

  Camping, Gifu, Hiking, Japan

• Mt. Fuji Sunrise Hike – Eboshidake in the Minami Alps

  

  This was the third time I’ve hiked this trail. In July 2019 Sampukutoge was the goal but then I was unaware that an additional 40 minutes southwest to Eboshidake would, on a clear day, present me with a clear view of Mt. Fuji.

  Sean

  June 14, 2021

  Hiking, Japan, Japanese Alps, Minami Alps, Nagano

  Akaishi Mountains, Eboshidake, Hiking, Japan, Minami Alps, Mt. Fuji, Mt. Shiomi, Photography, South Alps, Southern Alps, sunrise, 南アルプス, 塩見岳, 富士山

• Hiking: Takadoyasan, Nagano

  

  We didn’t make it all the way to Takadoyasan (高鳥屋山) – I was carrying 11 kilos of daughter on my back and I’d never hiked this trail before. Logic dictated that we take it easy and stay well within our limits.

  Sean

  May 19, 2021

  Hiking, Japan

  高鳥屋山, Gifu, Hiking, hiking Japan, hikingjapan, Japan, Microadventures, Nagano, outdooradventurejapan, outsideisfree, Takadoyasan, walk Japan, YAMAP

• Hiking to Ashihama

  

  Ashihama remains wild and isolated. You can hear the deer, see the eagles soaring above, and see telltale signs of wild boar everywhere. If Chubu Electric had had their way then it would be the site of a nuclear power plant today.

  Sean

  May 6, 2021

  Hiking, Japan, Mie

  Ashihama, 芦浜, Fukushima, Hiking, Japan, Mie, nuclear power station, Photography, 徒步日本