Held every year in March, the Hiwatari-sai or Fire Walking Festival at Mount Takao sees monks walk barefoot through a smouldering fire while chanting prayers. It makes for a spectacular – and ...

Pushing the limits without giving up On Mount Takao in the suburban Tokyo city of Hachioji ... and he has participated six times in the Japan Mountain Endurance Race (Hasetsune Cup), over a ...

Takao attract hordes of hikers for their ... Moriya measures distance in the mountain trails in the city of Ome, Tokyo. In mid-July, Moriya hiked the western Tama region of Tokyo, with the aim ...