Hokkaido/Japan - Ice climbing trip to the land of the rising sun ... Because this tough formation taught us a lesson in waterfall ice climbing we named the line “Lector” and graded it WI7. Sounkyo - ...

Scientists say Japanese eels can likely climb a waterfall that drops 46 meters, a finding that could offer clues in helping to combat dwindling numbers of the endangered species. Eel numbers are ...

In July 2024, Japan introduced the first toll payment and restricted the daily number of hikers on the Yoshida trail to 4,000 ...

While some hard-core mountaineers have climbed the highest mountain in each of Japan’s 47 prefectures, no one else has gone about it quite like this. Hiroaki Futagami, 51, decided to climb the ...