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Month: January 2016

Kansai Scene – Kansai’s best winter views

January 27, 2016

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Guardian Travel – New Year’s Eve around the world

January 11, 2016

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Japan Today – Best leaf viewing spots

January 11, 2016

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Guardian Travel – Yakushima

January 7, 2016

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Guardian Travel – World’s best food stalls

January 5, 2016

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Guardian Travel – Hiking in Japan

January 4, 2016

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/aug/06/walking-holidays-japan-best-mountain-hikes-fuji-asahi-tsurugi

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The sun has finally returned after days of unprecedented heavy rains across parts of Japan, causing all kinds of disruption and damage. Nature can be fierce at times. Here’s a view of that Japanese symbol, Mt. Fuji, at sunrise, with the South Japan Alps looming close by. 西日本は雨凄かったね、みんなは大丈夫かな？ #japan #mtfuji #explorejapan #mountains #hikinginjapan #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #bestmountainartist #instajapan #ig_japan #japanawaits #outdoor #japanlovers #hiking #travel #olympus #日本 #富士山 #日本アルプス #山 #登山 #ハイキング #カメラ #旅行 #旅

Today is the first day of Mt. Fuji’s official hiking season, which generally runs from July 1st until around September 10th. There will be much less snow than when this photo was taken, but a great deal more people climbing it I should imagine. 今日は富士山の山開きの日ですね。夏は人多すぎるから、今度に登る時は冬かな。。。 #Japan #mtfuji #fujisan #kawaguchiko #hiking #mountains #climbing #ig_japan #instajapan #hyakkeime #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #bestmountainartist #explorejapan #travelpics #olympus #富士山 #日本 #河口湖 #山 #登山 #ハイキング #アウトドア #百名山

Almost a week after the big earthquake which rocked Osaka, we’re still feeling aftershocks (including a sizable one last night). Life continues pretty much as normal though. There have been some great sunsets recently too, including this one from the hills right behind my house. 近所の小山から大阪市内が綺麗に見える。 #japan #osaka #ig_japan #hiking #mountains #streetphotography #city #instajapan #explorejapan #guardiantravelsnaps #bbctravel #bestjapanpics #iphone #travel #osakalife #kansai #日本 #大阪 #カメラ #旅行 #関西 #週末

Iceland in Japan. This is ‘Ni-no-ike’ just below the summit of Mt. Ontake, said to be the highest lake in Japan at around 2950m. 二ノ池はこんなにターコイズブルーの色でひっくりした。 #japan #ontake #volcano #iceland #mountains #hiking #outdoors #guardiantravelsnaps #instajapan #ig_japan #natgeo #hyakkeime #explorejapan #travelpics #olympus #bestjapanpics #outdoorlife #日本 #御嶽山 #山 #登山 #自然 #旅行 #ハイキング #日本百名山 #カメラ #火山 #綺麗

My mate gazing towards Norikura in the distance, another of Japan’s +3000m peaks. The slopes of Mt. Ontake are littered with statues, shrines and torii gates, all alluding to its long history as one of the most sacred mountains in the country. 写ってるのは僕じゃないよ。御嶽山の歴史は深い。 #japan #ontake #norikura #japanalps #alps #mountains #volcano #hiking #outdoors #hyakkeime #natgeo #ig_japan #instajapan #explorejapan #travel #日本 #御嶽山 #日本百名山 #山 #登山 #ハイキング #友達 #旅行 #夏

Rarely have I seen such a queer place. The snow and ash-stained summit of Ontake-san (3067m). 御嶽山の山頂は別世界みたいだ。 #japan #ontake #nagano #gifu #mountains #volcano #travelpics #picoftheday #hiking #outdoors #ig_japan #instajapan #lonelyplanet #hyakkeime #natgeo #landscape #earthpix #nature #日本 #御嶽山 #岐阜 #長野県 #山 #登山 #ハイキング #アウトドア #自然 #カメラ #旅行 #夏

Mt. Ontake (3067m) is an active volcano on the border of Gifu and Nagano prefectures, and the second highest volcano in Japan (Mt. Fuji is first). It has long been a scared mountain and a place of pilgrimage, and until relatively recently, was one of the most popular ‘big’ mountains for hikers. That all changed in September 2014 when it erupted without warning, killing 63 people (some bodies remain undiscovered). Apart from a 1km exclusion zone around the summit most of the peak is now climbable again, but very few people go there anymore. I feel bad for the locals who used to rely on the mountain for business (and those who died of course), but on the other hand, the lack of crowds was good, if rather sombre. 週末は御嶽山に行った。天気が良くても登山者はまだあまり行かない山みたいだね。。。 #japan #ontake #gifu #nagano #mountains #hiking #outdoors #volcano #weekend #bbctravel #guardiantravelsnaps #hyakkeime #olympus #ig_japan #instajapan #climbing #travelpics #日本 #御嶽山 #岐阜 #長野 #木曽路 #ハイキング #山 #登山 #アウトドア #旅行 #夏 #カメラ #日本百名山

A view of the ridgeline between Mt. Minami-dake (3032m) on the left and the pointy Mt. Yari-ga-take (3180m) on the right. It takes about 2hrs to traverse from one end to the other. Where the ridge drops away at the far left is the start of the Daikiretto (meaning ‘the big cut’), a notorious but highly enjoyable knife-edge scramble across to the huge Hotaka massif looming just out of shot. One of the best bits of ridge in the North Alps. 蝶ヶ岳から向こうの穂高~槍ヶ岳までの稜線がはっきり見える。 #japan #nagano #hotaka #yari #yarigatake #ridgeline #mountains #hiking #alps #japanalps #traveljapan #hyakkeime #outdoors #climbing #japantrip #日本 #長野県 #山 #穂高 #槍ヶ岳 #上高地 #日本アルプス #登山 #ハイキング #蝶ヶ岳 #アウトドア #カメラ #旅行 #自然

Sunny day near the summit of Mt. Tsurugi (1954m) in eastern Shikoku; not to be confused with the much more notorious Mt. Tsurugi-dake in the North Alps. I like both. このようなところに住みたいかも。 #japan #shikoku #tsurugi #tokushima #lovejapan #hyakkeime #guardiantravelsnaps #mountains #outdoors #me #weekend #ig_japan #instajapan #traveljapan #getoutside #日本 #四国 #剣山 #山 #登山 #アウトドア #ハイキング #セルフィー #百名山 #旅行 #旅 #夏 #自然 #カメラ

I call this piece ‘the only person not watching the royal wedding’. Blue skies over the mountains of Shikoku. 大阪からそんなに遠くないが、四国の山は他の世界みたい。 #japan #shikoku #mountains #hiking #outdoors #bbctravel #lonelyplanet #guardiantravelsnaps #instajapan #ig_japan #olympus #outdoorlife #landscape #hyakkeime #日本 #四国 #剣山 #百名山 #ハイキング #山 #登山 #自然 #ロイヤルウエディング #アウトドア #旅行

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