After retiring from competitions, in 2003 he left his mark with Flat Mountain in Japan, making an early first ascent of a 9a+ sports climb therefore that even today is considered one of the hardest in ...

While some hard-core mountaineers have climbed the highest mountain in each of Japan’s 47 prefectures, no one else has gone about it quite like this. Hiroaki Futagami, 51, decided to climb the ...

Nagano, Japan may be known as the ... clean – a stark difference from the big city. Nagano is home to the Japanese Alps, which consist of three mountain ranges across the prefecture.

The volcano—a 12,388-foot-high peak—is considered one of the three sacred mountains in Japan and an important pilgrimage site ...

Accompanied by mountain guides, Japan-based writer Ally Hongo walks the mountains of Dewa Sanzan in search of deeper discoveries in the Japanese philosophy of mindfulness and self-discovery.

Early risers have enjoyed a large cloud of fog slowly cascading down a mountainside like a waterfall in the central Japanese town ... basin on the one side of the mountain, then it pours over ...