We brave the bears and find a fishing paradise in the heart of Japan's second largest island...

After getting nearly skunked our hopes for some fish action were suddenly piqued upon laying eyes on this glorious river...

I have been enchanted with Japanese trout and char since a stint teaching English in Japan some twenty years ago...

The mountain hut system in Japan is not only extensive but also many can be quite luxurious...

The old adage Good things must always come to an end rings especially true for me as I prepare to leave Japan...

I had the honor to learn the ancient Japanese craft of Edo Wazao from the third generation craftsman Masayuki Yamano. Over a period of two years he took me through every stage of building my own bamboo tenkara fishing rod...

My last proper adventure in Japan before moving back Stateside was a five day ski tour through Hokkaido with a few good buddies. We were driving and sleeping in a diesel 4x4 recreational vehicle while chasing the deepest Japow we could find...

A short post to to share the work of a talented artist that I recently discovered named Yasunari Murakami...

A few months in the off season without wetting a fly, the itch to catch some fish reached a fevered pitch. My friend Go Ishii knew of a nice spot in Matsuda (松田町) in the Tanzawa Mountains of Kanagawa Prefecture. I had never been and so I was excited to check it out...

The movie Connect, began my love affair w/ Japanese keiryu. In this post I take a closer look at the video that started it all & make a surprising discovery...