Daisetsuzan = Great Snowy Mountains Today we went trekking through Daisetsuzan National Park, Japan’s largest national park. This rocky, volcanic region lies at the heart of Hokkaido and is one of the last untouched wildernesses in Japan. It’s wild, rugged and incredibly beautiful – as we found out […]
Taking a trip to belly button town Today we took the “Flower Train” from Asahikawa to Furano, a small town about an hour out of Asahikawa that is incredibly popular amongst Japanese tourists. Furano is a small agricultural town, famous for its fields of flowers, melons and annual […]
Heading back towards civilisation… Our time in Japan’s far North came to an end today, and wouldn’t you know it, we actually had FULL SUNSHINE and blue skies for the first time in a week! The benefit of having such brilliant weather is that we got to see […]
Rishirito: Island with a high mountain in the middle (or so we’re told) We can attest that Rishiri Island offers just as much in the way of stunning scenerey as Rebun Island, where we were yesterday. It’s also different enough from Rebunto to be worth the visit. There […]
A final day on Flower Island We had a last morning on Rebun Island today and spent it enjoying more of the island’s icy spring weather and hiking up around the peach-shaped Momoiwa Rock. We even had a faint glimmer of almost-sunshine today! Our day […]
Wandering Soles 