Category: Microadventures
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Mountain Biking: Nagoya Urban MTB・名古屋 MTB
When you think of big Japanese cities I doubt that mountain biking comes to mind. But if you know where to look even in the major urban sprawls you’ll be able to find potential trails.
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Mountain Biking: Nagoya
When you think of big Japanese cities I doubt that mountain biking comes to mind. But if you know where to look even in the major urban sprawls you’ll be able to find potential trails.
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Photography: Hokkaido Morning
A 4 am start on a -10C Hokkaido morning. Driving from Furano back to Chitose Airport I noticed this hut off in the distance not far from the main road. I stopped the car, waited for the light to do its thing and then grabbed a few shots. The image stabilisation on the Lumix G9…
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Hiking: Sampukutoge・Eboshidake Hike / 三伏峠・烏帽子岳
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 and I made my first scouting trip there back in July. This time I decided on an overnight trips to be ready for both sunset and sunrise and hopefully get some decent photographs. It’s…
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Cycling, Hiking, Photography: A New Direction
You may or may not have noticed that there haven’t been many posts in 2018. While I’ve been spending more time than ever outdoors in the Japanese countryside cycling, bike packing, mountain biking, and hiking, cycling in the Australian countryside, or back ‘home’ in the U.K., the name Bike Packing Japan has often felt restrictive…
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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…
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Bike Packing: Urugi – Fujimi Panorama – Shiojiri
Urugi – Fujimi Panorama – Shiojiri At the end of July and beginning of August I had a few days spare to do a short bike packing trip before a two week trip to Australia for work. A friend of mine, Alex, who I hadn’t seen in a while and had previously been living just…
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Bike Packing: Matsumoto – Hafudake – Kusatsu
One of the benefits of living in central Japan is that most places are within a reasonable distance in relation to cycling and bike packing, and with the JR Chuo line (中央線) running from Tokyo (東京) to Nagoya (名古屋) around the Minami Alps it doesn’t take much time and effort to get out into the…
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