In Episode 41 of the podcast we return to Hokkaido and onto its most famous volcanoes as I chat with Chuck Olbery of Hokkaido Powder Guides. Operating for 20 years, Hokkaido Powder Guides offers backcountry, free and customised tours across Japan’s northern island including touring of its most prominent volcanoes – including Mount Yotei, Mount Tokachi, Mount Asahidake and Mount Rishiri.
Straddling the Pacific Ring of Fire, - the 40,000 km / 25,000 mi long tectonic belt rings the Pacific Ocean – Japan is the world’s most seismically-active country while also home to many active volcanoes. Volcanoes have long played an important role in Japan’s history and cultural fabric, and for that reason, I see real value in experiences that take us into those living landscapes. Chuck advocates wonderfully that experience.
For more information, visit the Hokkaido Powder Guides website and you can follow them on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube - you’ll find images and videos across those platforms including some very nice videos featuring Chuck on the HPG YouTube channel. You might also be interested in previous episodes related to Hokkaido including: EP40. Iwanai, Hokkaido: Japan’s Best Cat Skiing & Snowboarding Mountain, EP25. Daisetsuzan: Japan’s Largest National Park and EP23. The God Bears of Northern Japan. I hope you enjoy.
Outland Japan is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Peter Carnell - a freelance tour guide based in northern Nagano – that transports you to rural, regional and the wilds of Japan in pursuit of stories that lie outside the neon hum of Tokyo and golden trimmings of Kyoto. Stories of travel, life and culture beyond the big cities. Follow the show on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Please note, prior to October 2024, Outland Japan was named Snow Country Stories Japan.
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