Tag: 北海道

• The Bitter Cold of Hokkaido

  

  The bitter cold of Hokkaido is serious business. It makes you feel alive, reminds you that it’s the environment, not you, that’s in control.

  Sean

  December 8, 2020

  Hokkaido, Japan

  Japan, Japan travel, Photography, snow, winter, 冬, 北海道

• Photography: Chitose’s Carrot Shop

  

  Every time I’ve been to Hokkaido it has been via Chitose. I don’t know anything about Chitose except that it has an airport and ninjinya (人参屋). Ninjinya – carrot shop

  Sean

  March 25, 2020

  Hokkaido, Photography

  carrot, carrot shop, Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan, Photography, snow, 北海道, 千歳, 人参屋

• Photography: Favourite ‘Adventure’ Photos of 2019

  

  I began to understand that if I wished to continue chasing adventure, then just repeating the same types of expedition was not the way to go. The Question I needed to ask was no longer, ‘how can I keep cycling around the world?’ The question now was, ‘how can I keep living adventurously?’ Alastair Humphreys…

  Sean

  January 11, 2020

  Cycling, Hokkaido, Japan, Mountain Biking, Mt. Gozaisho

  アウトドア, Cycling, cyclingjapan, 釧路川, Hiking, Japan, Japan Alps, Japanese Alps, Kushiro River, Lumix G9, Microadventures, Mt. Fuji, Mt. Gozaisho, outdooradventurejapan, outsideisfree, Photography, photos, 写真, 北海道, 富士山, 御在所岳, 日本アルプス

• Hokkaido: Lake Mashū Volanic Crater・摩周湖

  

  Hanging around a volcanic crater for light that didn’t happen.

  Sean

  January 4, 2020

  Hokkaido, Japan

  風景, Japan, Lake Mashū, Lumix G9, outdooradventurejapan, outsideisfree, Photography, 北海道, 摩周湖

• Photography: Kushiro Shitsugen・釧路湿原

  

  Whenever I’m alone in the mountains, whether it’s cycling, hiking, camping, or just taking photos, there are times when I stop what I’m doing, take a long look around and contemplate the existence of places like Tokyo, Osaka, or Nagoya. Stood in the middle of nowhere it often amazes me that they actually exist. Everyone…

  Sean

  December 30, 2019

  Hokkaido, Japan

  Adventure, 釧路川, 釧路湿原, Hokkaido, Kushiro, Kushiro River, Kushiroshitsugen, Lumix G9, outdooradventurejapan, Photography, wildlife in Japan, 北海道

• Photography: Hokkaido Trip 2019

  

  Photo above – Tōro Station (塘路駅). Without doubt the coldest train station I’ve had to wait at for a train. As I did last year I’ve just spent time in Hokkaido over the Christmas holiday. In 2018 I went to Furano (富良野) and Biei (美英) photographing typical winter scenes – mostly copying the commonly seen…

  Sean

  December 27, 2019

  Hokkaido, Japan, Photography

  釧路, 釧路湿原, 警察人種差別, Hokkaido, Japan, Kushiroshitsugen, outdooradventurejapan, Photography, Tokyo Olympics, winter in Japan, 北海道, 在留カード

• 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…

  Sean

  December 5, 2019

  Hokkaido, Japan, Microadventures, Travel

  Hokkaido photography, Japan, Japan photography, Lumix G9, micro four thirds, outdooradventurejapan, outsideisfree, Panasonic Lumix G9, Photography, winter, 冬, 北海道

• Photography: Winter in Hokkaido

  

  Last winter I went to Hokkaido for the first time in 15 years and I’ve just booked a flight back there again for this winter. Biei (美栄町), Furano (富良野市), Ashikawa (芦川市), and most of central Hokkaido was deep in snow  and bitterly cold. It lived up to expectations – it really was a winter wonderland.…

  Sean

  October 29, 2019

  Hokkaido, Photography

  bikepackingjapan, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan, outdooradventurejapan, outsideisfree, snow, 北海道, 富良野