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Odai-ga-hara Chapter 2 - Impeccable Timing
8 long years I’ve waited, searching for the perfect opportunity to get revenge on this soggy plateau. My last visit consisted of rubbing elbows with hundreds of other tourists in a torrential do… more →
The Tozan Tales
Mt. Shirouma - misty autumn bliss part 1
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wesu wrote 3 weeks ago: The forecast wasn’t looking good. Rain and cloud marks on the horizon for the next several day … more →
Odai-ga-hara Chapter 2 - Impeccable Timing
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wesu wrote 4 weeks ago: 8 long years I’ve waited, searching for the perfect opportunity to get revenge on this soggy p … more →
Shin-hotaka to Ogisawa traverse – The Finale
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wesu wrote 1 month ago: Peaks in Japan are frequently named after the shapes they resemble. I’d started my trek by sca … more →
Mt. Norikura - On the way
wesu wrote 1 month ago: The most direct route from Matsumoto to Osaka is not up and over a 3000m high volcano. Regardless, I … more →
Mt. Bandai - a long weekend
wesu wrote 1 month ago: As the shinkansen whisked its way towards Koriyama station, I pored over the maps and reflected on t … more →
Shin-hotaka to Ogisawa traverse – Day 2
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wesu wrote 1 month ago: “Itatata”. Somehow the words flowed out much easier in Japanese in the early morning dar … more →
Hokkaido Chapter 7 - Mt. Poroshiri
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wesu wrote 2 months ago: I checked-out of the decrepit hotel in the dingy town of Tokachi-shimizu early on a cool and calm Sa … more →
Mt. Echigo-komagatake - beating the rain pt. 4
wesu wrote 2 months ago: As a brutally wet August comes to a close, I venture off into the hinterlands to knock off 2 of my r … more →
Shin-hotaka to Ogisawa traverse - Day 1
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wesu wrote 2 months ago: I roll out of my cozy sleeping bag a little before 6am on a cool September morning. Sandwiched betwe … more →
Tohoku Chapter 2 - Mt. Iwaki
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wesu wrote 3 months ago: The car dropped me off in front of Hirosaki station just before 3pm. I quickly checked the bus sched … more →
Hokkaido Chapter 6 - Mt. Meakan
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wesu wrote 3 months ago: The threatening skies during my ascent of Mt. Shari held off until boarding the train to Mashu, wher … more →
Tohoku Chapter 1 - Mt. Hakkoda
wesu wrote 3 months ago: The ferry rolled into Aomori city in the early hours of a bright and beautiful August morning. As I … more →
Tohoku - Preface
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wesu wrote 3 months ago: Rewind to the summer of 2006. My first foray into the northernmost region of the main island and I w … more →
Mt. Jonen - Beating the rain pt.3
wesu wrote 4 months ago: The summer of 2006 was turning out to be truly epic. After an incredible 12-day, 10 mountain stint k … more →
Hokkaido Chapter 4 - Mt. Rausu
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wesu wrote 4 months ago: 10 hours. If anyone ever asks you how long it takes from Wakkanai to Shiretoko by public transport, … more →
Exhibition over
wesu wrote 5 months ago: The Hyakumeizan exhibition is said and done, but for those of you who missed it, I’ve posted a … more →
Hokkaido Chapter 3 - Mt. Rishiri
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wesu wrote 5 months ago: As the ferry rolls into Otaru port, I double-check my hastily scribbled itinerary and make the ultim … more →
Exhibition Update
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wesu wrote 5 months ago: The exhibition is now in its 2nd week and the response has been overwhelming. Thanks to everyone wh … more →
Mt. Kusatsushirane Chapter 2 - Halfway there
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wesu wrote 6 months ago: Looking out across the valley towards Mt. Asama, Fumito and I dig into our lunchboxes. We’d ma … more →
