Summer on Japan's Southern Alps The Southern Alps are located in the middle of the Japanese archipelago. Mountain ranges peaking at an altitude of 3,000 meters continue for over 120 kilometers ...

Up in the Japanese Alps, Takayama is a small town in Gifu Prefecture, ideal for a getaway from Nagoya (150 km) or Kanazawa ...

while simultaneously underestimating the challenges presented by the terrain and the unpredictable weather in the Japanese Alps. “Weather conditions across all of Japan were pretty wild at times ...