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Enjoy the great outdoors without leaving your home – We try camping on our balcony

Katie Pask
May 23, 2020
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Don’t let the fact that you have to stay home stop you from going camping!
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Japan
(camp • camping • experiment • glamping • outdoors • tent)

Mt. Fuji is officially closed for the year

Casey Baseel
May 18, 2020

Both prefectures that border Japan’s tallest mountain say that hiking trails will remain closed throughout the summer, politician suggests writing haiku poems instead.

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

Mount Fuji plans to start charging compulsory fee to climbers

Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2020

Soon you’ll have to pay to climb Japan’s highest mountain.

Japan
(Fuji • hiking • Mount fuji • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • news • outdoor • outdoors • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Japan now has sleepable rental cars to help travelers save money by skipping a hotel

Casey Baseel
Jul 1, 2019

Clever interior modifications turn parked car into private bedroom.

Japan
(camping • cars • clever • cool • hotels • outdoors • rentacars • rental cars • travel)

Human traffic jam on Mt. Fuji shows why weekdays are the best days to hike the symbol of Japan

Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2018

Mountain hiking trail looks as congested as any Tokyo-area expressway.

Japan
(crazy • hiking • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • outdoors • travel)

New extra-warm outdoor kimono will make your samurai camping stylish and comfortable this autumn

Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2018

You and your bushido buddies heading into the wild this fall? Then don’t forget your camping kimono.

Japan
(camping • cool • fashion • kimono • outdoors • samurai)

Camp like a samurai with the new Outdoor Kimono from Japanese apparel brand Snow Peak

Oona McGee
Apr 18, 2018

Now you can enjoy the great outdoors with the comfort and style of an outdoor warrior.

Japan
(apparel • camping • cool • fashion • kimono • outdoors • samurai • Snow Peak)

Go from friends to lovers with the new “sharecoat” from Japan

Oona McGee
Mar 21, 2018

Carefully designed features promise to keep you warm and bring you closer together at outdoor events.

Japan
(coats • cool • couples • dating • fashion • love • outdoor events • outdoors • romance • sports • winter)

Nude photos of Mt. Fuji circulate online as powerful typhoon removes snow from the peak【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2017

Japan’s tallest mountain loses its icy top covering as storm blows through eastern Japan.

Japan
(Mountains • Mt. Fuji • nature • outdoors • snow • typhoon • weather)

Japan’s weeping plum trees are so beautiful they’ll bring tears to your eyes【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Mar 20, 2017

Mie town’s garden opens its gates after nightfall so guests can see the gorgeous blossoms in a whole new light.

Japan
(beautiful • flowers • gardens • outdoors • parks • plum blossoms • travel)

Snowboard and ski in Japan for FREE with new offer exclusively for foreign tourists

Oona McGee
Jan 31, 2017

This incredible promotion lets you ski all day for free, in a powder snow paradise just a few hours away from Tokyo Station.

Japan
(Bandai • Fukushima • Gran Deco • outdoors • Ski Resorts • skiing • snow • snowboarding • travel)

Right now is the very best time to go to Japan’s “castle in the sky,” and here’s why【Pics, Vids】

Casey Baseel
Nov 10, 2016

The conditions are just right to surround Takeda Castle with a sea of clouds.

Japan
(beautiful • castles • cool • nature • outdoors • ruins • Takeda Castle • travel)

We visit Japan’s “cave of death,” said to end the life of those who dream of it

Casey Baseel
Nov 10, 2016

Will this be Mr. Sato’s last adventure?

Japan
(caves • Mr. Sato • outdoors • scary • Shimane • shinto • travel)

Mr. Sato visits the mystical atmosphere of Japan’s Yabuzuka Quarry Ruins

Master Blaster
Oct 29, 2016

Our reporter ventures deep into the heartlands of Japan to find this hidden landmark.

Japan
(Gunma • hiking • Mr. Sato • outdoors • ruins • travel • Yabuzuka Quarry Ruins)

Airbnb listing in Japan reveals travel destination with exclusive use of huge private island

Oona McGee
Jul 24, 2016

Sleep in a traditional Japanese house while surrounded by rice paddies, beaches, tree-houses, zip lines and a lighthouse on your very own private island.

Japan
(accommodation • Airbnb • holiday • islands • Nagasaki • nature • outdoors • tourism • tourist spots • travel • travel destinations • trips)

Japan’s “Gap Tent” for solo campers fits just about anywhere, weighs almost nothing

Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2016

Clever design even takes into account how to keep you entertained during those long, lonely nights.

Japan
(camping • cool • nature • outdoors • tent)

Cool Japanese X-shaped four-person tent lets you and your friends camp together, sleep separately

Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2016

Single-person sleeping areas connected by a common space give you a living room in the great outdoors.

Japan
(camping • cool • nature • outdoors • tent)

Cool, super-absorbent handkerchief maps keeping Japanese hikers dry and on-course

Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2014

There are a few things you’ll want to make sure you have before setting out on a long hike. Proper footwear is a must, for example, as is a sufficient supply of water.

Especially if you’re heading into the mountains of Japan during the summer months, a hand towel is something else you’ll definitely want to have with you. The high humidity means you’ll be working up quite a sweat, and having something to wipe yourself off will go a long way towards making your day outdoors more enjoyable.

Of course, even more so than being drenched in sweat, getting lost is an easy way to ruin your day out. Thankfully there’s now a way to prevent both of those problems with a towel that doubles as a map.

Japan
(cool • hiking • Mt. Fuji • nature • outdoors • travel)

Landlocked Tochigi Prefecture seeking create new national holiday: Mountain Day

Casey Baseel
Jun 3, 2013

It’s no secret that Japan is a hard-working society. Thankfully, there are a few times each year when more or less the whole country goes on vacation for a few days. There’s the string of holidays collectively known as Golden Week in early May, plus o-bon in August where people traditionally head back to their home towns, spend time with their relatives, and pay a visit to the graves of their ancestors.

However, there’s not much to stem the flow of work or school responsibilities between those two blissful periods, except for the oasis of Umi no Hi, or Marine/Sea Day, on the third Monday in July, which encourages people to take a trip to the beach and splash about in the sea.

Of course, this leaves June without a holiday of its own. And while Marine Day is great for people living in the coastal regions of Japan, residents of the country’s eight landlocked prefectures feel understandably left out. Thankfully, a group in mountainous Tochigi Prefecture has a solution to both problems.