Tag: Microadventures

• 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

  高鳥屋山, Gifu, Hiking, hiking Japan, hikingjapan, Japan, Microadventures, Nagano, outdooradventurejapan, outsideisfree, Takadoyasan, walk Japan, YAMAP

• Hiking: Shakagadake・釈迦岳

  

  Japan hasn’t been forced into self-isolation yet which honestly is quite worrying. Why is the rest of the world locking its doors while Japan isn’t?

  Sean

  March 24, 2020

  Hiking, Mie

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• 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

• 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

• 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: 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

  Adventure, Gozaisho, hikejapan, Hiking, hikingjapan, Japan, Microadventures, Mie, Mt. Gozaisho, Nagoya, outsideisfree, walk, walk Japan, Walking, walking Japan, weareoutsiders, 御在所岳, 日本, 三重県

• Hiking: Agematsu – Kisokomagatake・上松 – 木曽駒ヶ岳

  

  Back in August while browsing trails on the wonderful YAMAP app I came across a trail starting just outside Agematsu (上松) in the Kiso Valley (木曽谷) that went straight to the very top of Kisokomagatake (木曽駒ヶ岳) in the Chuo Alps (中央アルプス). On the east side in Komagane (駒ヶ根) there’s a cable car that can zip…

  Sean

  October 1, 2019

  Hiking, Japan, Japanese Alps

  Adventure, アウトドア, ハイキング, Chuo Alps, 長野県, Hiking, Japan, Japanese Alps, Kisokomagatake, landscape, Microadventures, mountains, Nagano, Nagoya, outdoor, outdoor adventure, outsideisfree, Photography, YAMAP, 名古屋, 日本, 木曽駒ヶ岳, 中央アルプス

• Cycling & Hiking: Oshika – Sampukutoge・大鹿 – 三伏峠

  

  I’ve been wanting to combine cycling with hiking for a while now and decided that this weekend was going to be the time to actually try it out. This is the hike up to Sanpukutoge (三伏峠) on the Nagano/Shizuoka border in the Minami Alps. On a clear day Mt.Fuji is clearly visible so it would…

  Sean

  July 7, 2019

  Cycling, Hiking, Japanese Alps

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