It is pretty hard to get further off the beaten track in Japan than by hitchhiking. I've never done it and the thought had never really occurred to me since I've associated hitchhiking with grizzly murders from horror … [Read more...]
お久しぶりです!『ohisashiburidesu』It's been a while! Per request, Japan [Off The Beaten Track] is going to begin again strong with Hokkaido 北海道, the number one place in Japan where people take adventuring very seriously! This … [Read more...]
Not to be confused with Dasai-tama... Some people in the Tokyo area claim that their slightly more rural neighbor is super lame by calling it 「ダ埼玉」 "Dasaitama," (dasai「ださい」= lame) but I am here to tell you that Saitama … [Read more...]
Going to Japan is all about having adventures. Be they accidental adventures, such as getting too drunk and passing out on the last train of the night and ending up in the middle of nowhere, or purposeful ones like hiking … [Read more...]