If you're considering hiking in Japan with kids, this trip through Daisetsuzan National Park combines breathtaking mountain ...

My hiking journey along the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail in Japan started by passing through a torii gate, a Shinto symbol marking the transition into sacredness. This, I thought, is how you make an ...

We are only a dozen steps into the forest the first time we stop to gawp, our necks craned to scan the towering canopy. We are surrounded by trees that creak in the gentle wind, and 1,000 shades of ...

Several hundred thousand people climb Japan's Mount Fuji every year, many of them in the peak period of July and August. But for an altogether more secluded and spiritual hiking experience, the Kumano ...

My hiking journey along the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail in Japan started by passing through a torii gate, a Shinto symbol marking the transition into sacredness. This, I thought, is how you make an ...