Tag: Mt. Ontake

• Hiking: Mt. Ontake & New Goals・御嶽山

  

  I’ve been cycling ever since I was a kid. When I moved to Japan permanently way back in 2001 I brought my mountain bike with me. This was two weeks before 9/11 so I just turned up at Heathrow Airport with the bike, pedals off, tyres deflated and it went onto the airplane without any…

  Sean

  October 6, 2019

  Gifu, Hiking, Japan, Japanese Alps, Mt. Ontake, Nagano, Photography

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• Bike Packing: Gokayama – Takayama – Nakatsugawa

  

  Friday evening after work I hitched a ride with a friend and his wife to Gokayama (五箇山), a world heritage site, high in the mountains in Toyama prefecture (富山県), about 3 hours north of Nagoya.  Arriving around 11pm we all chose to sleep at one of the Michi-no-eki (道の駅) that you can find everywhere throughout…

  Sean

  April 23, 2018

  Bike Packing, Japanese Alps, Microadventures, Mt. Ontake, Toyama

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• Bike Packing: Agematsu – Mt. Ontake

  

  I did a short bike packing trip from Agematsu (上松) to Mt. Ontake (御嶽山) recently, catching the late afternoon train from Kachigawa (勝川) north of Nagoya to Nakatsugawa, where I changed trains to Agematsu. From there I rode just under 40kms west towards Kaida Kogen (開田高原) before finding shelter in a small picnic area at the…

  Sean

  October 16, 2017

  Bike Packing, Cycling, Japan, Mt. Norikura, Mt. Ontake

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• Bike Packing: Kasugai – Gero – Matsumoto

  

  The good thing about living in central Japan is that you are only a few hours away from the Japanese Alps. The bad thing is that these mountains make planning a bicycle route pretty difficult at times. The Minami Alps in particular are tricky to navigate from the Tokai area. This means that, for the…

  Sean

  August 31, 2016

  Bike Packing, Cycling, Gifu, Japan, Mt. Ontake, Nagano

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• Hiking: Mt. Ontake

  

  More from Mt. Ontake. I’m really looking forward to hiking up in winter and exploring the nearby villages a lot more. I imagine it looks wonderful in the snow. I know it does from Inuyama, where I live, nearly 100kms away on crisp winter days. 御嶽山　冬に御嶽山でハイキングや近くの村を探検する事を楽しみにしています。雪の中の御嶽山はきっと奇麗。自分が住んでいるところ、100キロも離れている犬山市から見える冬の御嶽山は間違いなく美しい。山を本当に尊敬しています。 Leica M6 – Fuji Provia 100 / Fuji Instax…

  Sean

  October 19, 2013

  Gifu, Japan, Microadventures, Mt. Ontake, Photography

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• Photography: Landscapes

  

  After returning from India I promised myself that I would try to see more of Japan, preferably by bicycle and with a camera. These are far from great shots – I have know idea how to take a good landscape – but it doesn’t matter. It’s the getting outdoors part that’s the most enjoyable. I’m…

  Sean

  August 8, 2013

  Japan, Nagoya, Photography, Travel

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