Tag: hiking Japan

• Hiking: Mt. Hououzan

  

  How do you explain to someone that hasn’t hiked much in Japan than despite hiking to over 2700m, despite walking (which felt more like climbing – actual climbing – almost vertically non-stop for 6 solid hours), and despite being in the least visited of the three major mountain ranges, that the campsite would be full…

  Sean

  September 20, 2022

  Hiking, Japan, Japanese Alps, Minami Alps, Southern Alps

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• Hiking: Takadoyasan, Nagano

  

  We didn’t make it all the way to Takadoyasan (高鳥屋山) – I was carrying 11 kilos of daughter on my back and I’d never hiked this trail before. Logic dictated that we take it easy and stay well within our limits.

  Sean

  May 19, 2021

  Hiking, Japan

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• Adventure: Common Sense and How to Not Buy New Camera Gear

  

  With the backpack packed and batteries charged, chocolate and sugary snacks purchased, I headed to the Torikura trail entrance (鳥倉登山口) late on Saturday afternoon to start the 2 to 3 hour climb to the campsite.

  Sean

  September 6, 2020

  Japanese Alps, Nagano, Photography

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