Hiking: Nakatsu River & Kuroizawa Trail ・中津川 & 黒井沢登山道
Last week I decided to return to the area for another look around and to see what the autumn colours
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Gifu
Hiking: Misaka – Fujimidai ・神坂峠・富士見台
Stress and difficulty can knock us down. Sitting at our computers, we are overwhelmed with information, with emails, with one thing after another. Should we just sit there and absorb it? Should we sit there with the sickness and let it fester? No. Should we get up and throw ourselves into some other project – […]
Hiking: Mt. Ontake & New Goals・御嶽山
I’ve been cycling ever since I was a kid. When I moved to Japan permanently way back in 2001 I
Festivals: Fire Festival
This is going out there as an outdoor adventure. Midnight, deep in Gifu, fire, samurai, tradition. Godo-cho, Gifu.
Photography: Amidaga Waterfall ・阿弥陀ケ滝
I was heading for the the Itoshiro valley again on the border between Gifu and Fukui prefectures (more here) to
Cycling & Hiking: Mt. Norikura – Bike and Hike to 3026m
Mt. Norikura (乗鞍) is considered a right of passage for many cyclists in Japan. It’s the highest road in the
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Bike Packing: Kasugai – Gujo – Kadohara – Meiho Onsen
Fukui prefecture (福井県) seems to be a fairly unexplored region of Japan for cyclists and as a region along the
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Bike Packing: Gokayama – Takayama – Nakatsugawa
Friday evening after work I hitched a ride with a friend and his wife to Gokayama (五箇山), a world heritage
