Tag: hikingjapan

• 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

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• Hiking: Nakatsu River & Kuroizawa Trail ・中津川 & 黒井沢登山道

  

  Back in 2003 I had a tiny company car and no idea where to ride my mountain bike as I hadn’t long moved to the Nagoya area. So I pulled out a map, looked for the mountains, found an area that looked promising (at the end of R363), and consequently found myself heading out to…

  Sean

  November 29, 2019

  Hiking, Japan, Mt. Ena, Photography

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• Hiking: Mt. Gozaisho・御在所岳

  

  Mt. Gozaisho – This was our fourth time hiking up there this year, including one snow hike, and there’s every chance it will soon become five when the autumn colours are on full display. We were probably at least a week too early this time to see Mt. Gozaisho’s colours in their full glory but…

  Sean

  October 24, 2019

  Hiking, Mt. Gozaisho

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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…

  Sean

  September 18, 2019

  Hiking, Japan, Japanese Alps, Microadventures, Nagano, Shizuoka

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