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Cycling: Tenryu, Southeast Nagano

Every now and then I get a strong desire to head out to Chausuyama (茶臼山), Urugi (売木), and Tenryu (天龍)

Probably my favourite road in Japan these days. Deep in the Nagano mountains but within reach of Nagoya. While riding we

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

Old friend Alex – an English, Japanese, French, and German speaker – has finally opened a guest house in Urugi,

Hiking – The benefits of shinrinyoku (森林浴) have been known for a long time now and there is no doubt that

One of the frustrations of riding a mountain bike in Japan is the lack of long distance trails. For so

Mt. Norikura (乗鞍) is considered a right of passage for many cyclists in Japan. It’s the highest road in the

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