One Month In Japan in August

August is not so humid up here in Hokkaido. You can ask the kind people at this Facebook page about hiking here.

As several posts here have noted, there are a lot of great hikes, mostly in the mountains and (sometimes active!) volcanoes. I've been camping, hiking, and paddling around the Japanese archipelago for 20 years now, and I still haven't gotten to everywhere I want to explore - let alone get back to a few personal power spots I've uncovered in Hokkaido, here on main-island Honshu, and on other Japanese islands large and small.

I've posted an - updated - list with brief write-ups and pics of some of my favourite places to get out of doors in Japan at Wild Japan https://medium.com/the-big-sushi/wild-japan-an-explorers-guide-to-the-islands-mountains-forests-and-other-natural-settings-in-ae8c216934d0 if you want to see what I mean.

Whatever you do, try to stay in the mountains or go to Hokkaido.
The weather in July/August is not fit for humans in cities like Tokyo.
Unless you enjoy spending your time in aircon hotel rooms.

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