Hiking matters #514: Kita-date (北岳) to Ai-no-dake (間ノ岳) Traverse
TOKYO, JAPAN – It’s been a while since I’ve hiked in Japan (the last one was in 2012 when I
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Japan
PinoyMountaineer in Japan
This is a country page describing my hiking adventures in Japan. As of May 2025, I have completed over 20
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Essay on Japan: Beauty at the threshold of memory
Blogger’s note: This essay was written in Sapporo, Japan on May 25, 2012. SAPPORO, JAPAN – My friends and I
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Hiking matters #272: Mystical Mount Misen (弥山) in enchanting Miyajima Island, Japan
On our last day in Japan, we took the Sakura shinkansen from Himeji to Hiroshima in the Chugoku Region in
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Hiking matters #171: Hiking up Mount Takao (高尾山) in Tokyo, Japan with Murakami’s 1Q84
TOKYO, JAPAN – After our week-long sojourn to Hokkaido during which we did two very memorable climbs: Asahi-dake and Yotei-zan
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Hiking matters #270: Hiking up Mount Yotei (羊蹄山), the “Mt. Fuji of Hokkaido”
SAPPORO, JAPAN – As the finale in our six-day Hokkaido trip, we decided to accept the challenge of doing the
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Hiking matters #269: Asahi-dake (旭岳) in Daisetsuzan, the highest mountain in Hokkaido, Japan
HOKKAIDO, JAPAN – I am back here at Asahikawa, the coldest city in Japan, after a successful ascent of Asahi-dake
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Hiking matters #202: Outdoor shops in Osaka (大阪), Japan
After my three dayhikes in Kansai., I stayed in a hotel near the Osaka Main Station (大阪駅) in Umeda (梅田),
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Hiking matters #199: Yamanobe-no-Michi (山之辺の道), the ancient trail in Tenri, Nara, Japan
From October 7-9, 2011 I was in the Kansai region in Japan, basing myself in Osaka, to do three short
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Hiking matters #200: Mystical, misty Mount Hiei (比叡山) in Kyoto, Japan
Going up Mount Hiei (比叡山) near Kyoto, Japan was a dream for me, having read about the mountain several times
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