Tag: Japan Alps

• Hiking in the Minami Alps: Coffee at the Top

  

  There’s a joke between a good friend and his brother regarding a hike they did in Colorado a few years ago. Early morning on a remote mountain, as they approached the summit they saw a trail runner come through the mist, he flies straight past them shouting “Coffee at the top!”

  Sean

  June 28, 2022

  Hiking, Japan, Japanese Alps, Minami Alps, Nagano

  ハイキング, 烏帽子岳, 登山, Eboshidake, Hiking, hikingjapan, Japan, Japan Alps, Japanese Alps, mountains, Nagano, outdoor Japan, Sampukutoge, Southern Alps, 日本, 三伏峠

• 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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• Hiking: The Mountains are Still There

  

  This is more of a note to myself than anything else. A reminder that the mountains are still there.

  Sean

  August 23, 2020

  Japan, Japanese Alps

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• Hiking: Minami Komagatake

  

  A 3 a.m. start thinking I’d be the only one on the trail. But you are never alone in Japan, even in the middle of the night on a mountain. Frustrating, yes, but reassuring too.

  Sean

  June 21, 2020

  Japan

  Central Japan, Chuo Alps, 등산, 走日本, Hiking, hikingjapan, 사이클 재팬, 삼림욕, 일본, Japan, Japan Alps, Minami Komagatake, outdoor adventure, trekking, 南駒ヶ岳, 徒步日本, 日本骑行, 日本旅行, 中央アルプス

• Landscape Photography: Fooling Myself

  

  I can’t take landscape photographs. I’ve tried but I don’t have the patience or the skill.

  Sean

  May 21, 2020

  Japan

  등산, 走日本, Hiking, 사이클 재팬, 삼림욕, 일본, Japan, Japan Alps, landscapes, outsideisfree, Photography, 徒步日本, 日本骑行, 日本旅行

• Guide Book: The Japan Alps and Mt. Fuji

  

  If I’m honest I still find the idea of hiking in the Japanese Alps daunting. It’s only recently that I’ve started making the switch from cycling and bike packing to hiking and exploring the mountains on foot so planning a trip can feel overwhelming at times.

  Sean

  May 12, 2020

  Hiking, Japanese Alps

  Cicerone, guidebook, Hiking, Japan, Japan Alps, mountain, Mt. Fuji, outsideisfree

• 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

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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…

  Sean

  September 17, 2017

  Bike Packing, Microadventures

  adventure cycling, Bike Packing, Fujimi Panorama, Japan, Japan Alps, Japan cycling, Mugikusa Pass, Nagano, outsideisfree, Urugi