Trying to fit your entire life for the next five months back into a rucksack is like the world's most difficult game of Tetris....

Ploughing through the snow up the steep side of a cliff was a momentous challenge. Earlier in the day, molly and I had arrived at...

This is the Hokkaido I was waiting to see! Coming up here was supposed to drop us right into the mountains, in the midst of the national...

For any westerner, the idea of walking into a public bath completely bare is a daunting prospect. The Japanese tradition of the onsen is...