Category: Camping

• Lake Katsura and Wajima

  

  I first visited the small town of Wajima (輪島) on the Noto Peninsula (能登半島) while on a bike packing trip back in 2015. Protruding out into the Sea of Japan on the Hokuriku coast (北陸), the Noto Peninsula is one of my favourite places in Japan, and one that has been regularly visited since that…

  Sean

  August 8, 2021

  Camping, Japan, Toyama

  Camping, 能登半島, 輪島, Gifu, Hiking, Ishikawa, Japan, Lake Katsura, Noto Peninsula, outdoor Japan, Sea of Japan, Wajima, 日本海, 桂湖

• 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 -…

  Sean

  July 20, 2021

  Camping, Gifu, Hiking, Japan

• 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) in southeast Nagano, bordering Aichi and Shizuoka prefectures. I never quite know what draws me out there but the isolation (relative to Japan) is a big factor.   The area has the wonderful Tenryu River…

  Sean

  September 10, 2019

  Aichi, Camping, Cycling, Nagano, Shizuoka

  Adventure, アウトドア, キャンプ, Camping, Cycling, explorejapan, 茶臼山, fromwhereiride, Japan, Minami Alps, mountains, Nagoya, outsideisfree, Photography, RideTenryu, tenryu, touring, visitjapanjp, wymtm, 南アルプス, 名古屋, 売木, 天竜川, 愛知県, 星空

• Hiking & Camping: Nov. 10th – Ashihama

  

  This bay was marked to become a nuclear power station. Not anymore though. 中部電力がここで原子力発電所を建てる予定でしたが中止になりました。

  Sean

  November 10, 2013

  Camping, Japan, Microadventures, Mie, Photography

  Ashihama, 芦浜, Fujifilm Instax 210, Mie 2, nuclear power station, 原子力発電所, 三重県