Accompanied by mountain guides, Japan-based writer Ally Hongo walks the mountains of Dewa Sanzan in search of deeper discoveries in the Japanese philosophy of mindfulness and self-discovery.

"He said it would be better if foreigners could see both Japanese and English on the maps, because there are many cases in the mountains where the signposts are only in Japanese. People who can't ...

While some hard-core mountaineers have climbed the highest mountain in each of Japan’s 47 prefectures ... years ago while looking at a mountain map. He imagined the flow of rainwater down ...