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Hiking: Mt. Ontake and Future Goals

I’ve been cycling ever since I was a kid. When I moved to Japan permanently way back in 2001 I

Back in August while browsing trails on the wonderful YAMAP app I came across a trail starting just outside Agematsu

The gateway to this part of the Minami Alps (南アルプス) is high up in Oshika village (大鹿村) in southern Nagano

I’ve been wanting to combine cycling with hiking for a while now and decided that this weekend was going to

You may or may not have noticed that there haven’t been that many posts in 2018. While I’ve been spending

Friday evening after work I hitched a ride with a friend and his wife to Gokayama (五箇山), a world heritage