by Tokyo Becky | Mar 12, 2026 | Hiking in Japan
A first-person guide to Japan’s most extraordinary island: the ancient cedar forests, the all-day hike to Jōmon Sugi, the sea turtles, the moss worlds that inspired Studio Ghibli, and why – more than fifteen years after I first visited – I am still...
by Tokyo Becky | Jan 6, 2026 | Hiking in Japan
Why Hiking in Japan Should Be on Every Adventurer’s Bucket List Most tourists only think of Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, or Mt. Fuji when they think of Japan, but did you also know that it is a hiker’s paradise? Japan has more than one hundred mountains, islands...
by Tokyo Becky | Jun 30, 2025 | Hiking in Japan
Konnichiwa, Japan fans, and a very happy June to you! This month, I would like to give you all the details of my trip that I took earlier this month to the Nakasendo, an ancient route running through the Kiso Valley that connected Kyoto and Tokyo. Affiliate links are...
by Tokyo Becky | May 27, 2025 | Hiking in Japan
There is a place in Japan that you’ve probably never heard of—in fact, most Japanese people have never even heard of it, except for those already living in the area. I first heard about this place in 2005 from an Australian colleague at my English teaching school in...
by Tokyo Becky | Apr 29, 2017 | Hiking in Japan
They say that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step but I would say that my journey of considerably less miles began with an Instagram photo that looked a little like this: It turns out that the location in this picture is on a sacred UNESCO world...
