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Fourth dead body found on Mt. Fuji in less than one week from climbing season start

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 16, 2024
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In less than a week, Shizuoka has seen double the amount of deaths than it has in any entire climbing season in the past five years.

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• (COK • hiking • mountain climbing • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • outdoors)

Three people die on Mt. Fuji less than 24 hours after official start of climbing season

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 12, 2024

Shizuoka opened its trails on Wednesday, and three bodies were found by the next morning.

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• Japan
• (COK • hiking • mountain climbing • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • outdoors)

An unexpectedly creepy path takes us to Utopia in east Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2024

Searching for Ubara Utopia.

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• Japan
• (Chiba • Chiba Prefecture • COK • cool • funny • hiking • Katsuura • Mariko Ohanabatake • nature • outdoors • parks • SNJO • Ubara • Ubara Utopia • weird)

Three dead bodies found near summit of Mt. Fuji

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 27, 2024

Search and rescue team goes looking for missing hiker, brings back three bodies.

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• Japan
• (COK • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • Mt. Fuji climbing season • Mt. Fuji hiking season • nature • outdoors)

Mt. Fuji hiking trail reservation system and advance payment details released

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2024

Climbing Mt. Fuji is getting more expensive and more complicated from this summer.

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• Japan
• (hiking • Mt. Fuji • outdoors • tourism • travel • Yoshida Route)

Mt. Koya planning to instate visitor’s tax to cope with huge tourist numbers

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 23, 2024

Pilgrimage town of less than 3,000 residents received almost 1.4 million tourists last year.

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• Japan
• (COK • hiking • Koya • Koyasan • Mt. Koya • outdoors • overtourism • temples • tourism • travel • Wakayama Prefecture)

Toll fees officially added to Mt. Fuji hiking trail

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2024

Required fees will be in place by the start of hiking season, and probably won’t be the only thing you’ll need to pay for to see the sunrise from the summit.

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• (hiking • Mt. Fuji • nature • tourism • travel • Yoshida Trail)

Entrance fee and gate closing at sundown may be coming to Mt. Fuji’s most popular hiking route

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 1, 2024

Local government plan would aim to prevent crowding and “bullet climbing.”

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• Japan
• (hiking • Mt. Fuji • nature • tourism • travel • Yoshida Trail)

An anime pilgrimage even non-anime fans will love: Visiting the Slam Dunk movie shrine【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 6, 2023

The real-life version of the newest Slam Dunk movie’s shrine is worth working up a sweat to see.

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• (Akita • anime • anime pilgrimage • beautiful • COK • hiking • manga • shrines • Slam Dunk • SNJO • The First Slam Dunk • tourism • travel)

Beautifully off the beaten path in Nara with the Shimo no Negimichi shrine trail【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2023

Almost everyone who visits Nara goes to Kasuga Shrine, but hardly anyone gets there like this.

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• (beautiful • COK • hiking • Kasuga Shrine • Nara • Nara Park • nature • shrines • SNJO • travel)

The strongest peeing boy statue in Japan is a hidden gem of sightseeing in Saitama

• Master Blaster
  Apr 10, 2023

Nature is calling…

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• (Akasakazawa Check Dam • hiking • Manneken Pis • Masanuki Sunakoma • Ogose • Saitama • sightseeing • travel)

Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route Newport sandals released by Keen

• Master Blaster
  Mar 7, 2023

Part of the proceeds goes to preserving the World Heritage Site.

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• Japan, USA
• (COK • fashion • hiking • Keen • kumano kodo • nature • outdoor • sandals • shoes • Wakayama)

Shiratani Unsuikyo: The breathtaking anime setting where Princess Mononoke was born

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2022

Ancient cedar trees that inspired Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli team are just one reason why this forest in Yakushima is so magical.

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• (anime • COK • film locations • hiking • Mountains • movies • nature • Princess Mononoke • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Studio Ghibli • travel • UNESCO World Heritage sites • World Heritage site • Yakushima)

Mountain meshi hiking! Our guide takes us to the top of Izugatake for an unforgettable lunch【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2022

Chains, stoves, and coffee in the mountains of Hanno.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • food • Go Hatori • hiking • Mountains • SNJO • travel)

Japan’s five easiest-to-get-lost-on mountain trails are like alpine brain teasers【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 12, 2022

Data analysis highlights where hikers are most likely to get a little too far off the beaten path.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • hiking • Mountains • nature • outdoors)

“Should I date this person?” Go hiking and you’ll have the answer, Japanese Twitter user says

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 4, 2021

A walk in the mountains will reveal more of who a person is than a meal in a restaurant.

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• Japan
• (COK • dating • hiking • nature • relationships • romance)

Kyoto hiking – Recreating a Touken Ranbu sword boy expedition in real life【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2021

Can we make it to this mountain temple and back before our sword boy does the same in the game?
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• Japan
• (COK • Enryakuji • hiking • Kyoto • nature • SNJO • temples • Touken Ranbu • travel • video games)

This beautiful mountaintop Buddha carving in Japan is much newer than it looks【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 20, 2021

Let’s head south from Tokyo to visit the Takatoriyama magaibutsu.

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• Japan
• (art • Buddhism • COK • hiking • Kanagawa • nature • parks • SNJO • statues • travel • Yokosuka)

Mt. Fuji is now open again following 2020 shutdown

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2021

Climbing season officially begins for Japan’s tallest mountain, but with new rules meant to limit coronavirus risks.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • travel)

Death of a Japanese man attacked by bear sparks conversation about what to do when facing off with one

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 14, 2021

Is there any way to avoid a grisly end?

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• Japan
• (animal attack • bears • brown bears • death • hiking • Hokkaido • safety • self defense)

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