Category: Toyama

• 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

• Festivals: Owara Kaze no Bon / おわら風の盆

  

  I first went to the Owara Kaze no Bon festival (おわら風の盆) in September, 2008. Compared to other summer festivals in Japan it’s a fairly subdued affair, but it makes up for that in the beauty on display. Japan, so undeniably ugly at times – think of all the concreted river banks, bland convenience stores, and…

  Sean

  August 23, 2019

  Festivals, Toyama

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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 site, high in the mountains in Toyama prefecture (富山県), about 3 hours north of Nagoya.  Arriving around 11pm we all chose to sleep at one of the Michi-no-eki (道の駅) that you can find everywhere throughout…

  Sean

  April 23, 2018

  Bike Packing, Japanese Alps, Microadventures, Mt. Ontake, Toyama

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