Iwate's last ruined mine- gorgeous photos of the ruins of the ruin.
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Hiking in Oze National Park
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Before heading to Oze National Park, numerous people told me to mentally prepare myself to share it with the hordes. It was a holiday, it was hiking season, it was a super popular destination, etc, etc. Funny that last part as I'd never even heard about it until a month ago when Kumi suggested hiking there as a counterpart to visiting her family in Fukushima. Oze? What's that?
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Two years ago, when I came back from my first trip to Yakushima, I was practically frothing at the mouth, so amazed that this practically people-less island of sheer natural beauty and wonder could exist within the confines of Japan...
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BE labs haikyo
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Mike, Lukas and Mike explore the ruins of the BE labs resort hotel, finding birds, old men, and mysterious bottles of Aquarius.
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Usually when it rains on a weekend you'll find me stuck glumly indoors, plans such as bicycling or hiking having been cancelled. There is one outdoor activity however where I find that rain is actually preferable to sunny skies, and that's haikyoing. Why? Perhaps it's because the mystery and foreboding of a haikyo are amplified in rainy weather.
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Epic Photo Series of Mountaineering at Hyakumeizan
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i, cjw has posted yet another epic tale of mountaineering, this time at Hyakumeizan with the usual collection of amazing photographs. You have to see the shot of the lone climber walking right through an avalanche zone.
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