Like this post? Help us by sharing it! There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the traditional sport of Sumo of late. There was match fixing involving players and officials which led to the extreme measure of cancelling the Spring bassho (tournament) in Osaka. These have been dark days for the Nihon Sumo Kyokai […]
Sports & Adventure
Mt. Fuji Climbing Season!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Many may find it hard to understand why so many people make this gruelling trek up crowded hillsides in the freezing cold through thin air only to wait for a sunrise that may or may not penetrate the dense clouds that stick to Mt. Fuji throughout much […]
Climbing Mount Fuji!
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A recent group of brave souls who made it to the top of Mount Fuji
Recently, there has been increasing criticism about the number of visitors to Mt. Fuji and the environmental impacts that tourism has had on Japan’s most scared mountain. The following article was written in response to these critiques.
The Happy Hooligan: An afternoon watching J-League football
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Yamada - the happy hooligan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! A skinhead in a bomber jacket, rolled- up jeans and red Doc Martens rushed towards me. “Hi, we’re upstairs, let’s go” he said. His name was Yamada, and he was my hooligan friend for the afternoon. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
A pre-soak soaking – hiking in the rain to Kurama Onsen
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Sunday 1st November 2009: Another month, another bath! What better way to celebrate the turning of the calendar from October to November than a journey out to visit an onsen that has long captured my imagination and yet in 10 years of visiting Japan I had failed […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Sunday 1st November 2009: Another month, another bath! What better way to celebrate the turning of the calendar from October to November than a journey out to visit an onsen that has long captured my imagination and yet in 10 years of visiting Japan I had failed […]