Tag: 愛知県

• Hiking: The Three Peaks / Keeping it Simple

  

  OK, I get it. Raising kids is hard. Harder than I thought. Much harder. Throw in work, the rainy season, the virus, the insane heat and humidity of the the Japanese summer and getting out to hike even in my local hills is difficult to do. But last night I managed to escape for a […]

  Sean

  August 9, 2020

  Hiking, Japan, Kasugai, Life

  Aichi, 등산, 走日本, Hiking, 사이클 재팬, 삼림욕, 일본, 일본 을 산책, Japan, Kasugai, Mirokuyama, Nagoya, outdoor Japan, outsideisfree, 名古屋, 弥勒山, 徒步日本, 愛知県, 日本骑行, 春日井

• Hiking: Kasugai’s Three Peaks

  

  Stand pretty much anywhere in Nagoya with an elevated view and look northeast. You’ll see a small mountain range slowly being eaten away by a quarry.

  Sean

  February 13, 2020

  Aichi, Hiking, Kasugai, Nagoya

  アウトドア, 登山, Hiking, hikingjapan, Japan, Kasugai, Lumix G9, Microadventures, mountains, Nagoya, outdoor adventure, outsideisfree, Walking, 名古屋, 山登り, 愛知県, 春日井

• 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.

  Sean

  January 26, 2020

  Aichi, Cycling, Japan, Microadventures, Nagoya

  アウトドア, マウンテンバイク, fromwhereiride, Japan, Kasugai, Mountain Biking, Nagoya, outdooradventurejapan, outsideisfree, Ritchey 650b, Ritchey MTB, Shonai River, wymtm, 名古屋, 庄内川, 愛知県, 春日井

• 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.

  Sean

  January 26, 2020

  Aichi, Cycling, Japan, Microadventures, Nagoya

  Aichi, アウトドア, マウンテンバイク, fromwhereiride, Japan, Kasugai, Mountain Biking, Nagoya, outdooradventurejapan, outsideisfree, Ritchey 650b, Ritchey MTB, Shonai River, wymtm, 名古屋, 庄内川, 愛知県, 春日井

• Photography: Camera Gear for Hikes and Bicycle Rides

  

  13th October, 2021I’ve since updated my camera to a Panasonic LUMIX S5. You can read about it here. I previously wrote about the camera gear I use when bike packing here but since the outdoor activities I do in Japan have changed over the last couple of years I thought it might be a good […]

  Sean

  December 10, 2019

  Camera Gear, Gear

  adventure cycling, カメラ, ハイキング, Bike Packing, bike packing Japan, Central Japan, Cycling, cyclingjapan, Hiking, hikingjapan, Japan, Japan cycling, Leica, Lumix G9, micro four thirds, Microadventures, mountains, Nagoya, outdoor adventure, outdooradventurejapan, outsideisfree, Panasonic Lumix, Photography, 写真, 名古屋, 愛知県, 日本

• Cycling & Photography: Utsutsu Shrine・内々神社

  

  Utsutsu Shrine is in my hometown of Kasugai, northeast of Nagoya and now is the best time of year to visit. I usually cycle past it a couple of times a week on one of my regular rides into the nearby hills. It’s a small shrine with a nice garden and pond tucked away behind […]

  Sean

  November 19, 2019

  Aichi, Cycling

  autumn, autumn colors, Cycling, cyclingjapan, 神社, 神道, 秋, 紅葉, fall colors, Japan, Kasugai, outsideisfree, Photography, photography in Japan, Shinto, shrine, Utstsu Shrine, 内々神社, 愛知県, 春日井

• 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

• Cycling: Mountain biking in Shinshiro & Nagano

  

  One of the frustrations of riding a mountain bike in Japan is the lack of long distance trails. For so many years now I’ve headed down a newly discovered promising gravel track only for it to abruptly end 200m or so later. There are trails out there but they are often difficult to find and […]

  Sean

  January 2, 2019

  Aichi, Cycling, Mountain Biking

  マウンテンバイク, Cycling, 長野県, Japan, Mountain Biking, MTB, Nagano, outsideisfree, 愛知県, 新城, 日本