This is my yellow jacket.

A brief introduction to a long-lived and well-loved item of clothing.

MemoirLisa Wynne23 October 2020clothes, wornwear, outdoors, japan, mountains, reuse, second hand, storied objectsComment

(Mount) Fuji on Fuji (Film)

I came to climb Mount Fuji relatively early in my hiking-life. Although it commands the throne of the highest peak in Japan, its broad conical shape, which has been venerated for centuries, allows for some relatively straightforward trails.

Travel, MemoirLisa Wynne9 May 2017hiking, Mount Fuji, Fuji-san, mountains, climbing, outdoors, peak, trails, adventure, summitComment

The snow is on the mountains.

With the dependable snows of Yamagata, snowboarding has become the heart of winter for me, the fulcrum about which all other activities turn when the mercury is low.

TravelLisa Wynne17 January 2017snowboarding, snow, mountains, Hakuba, Niseko, Hokkaido, Yamagata, Zao, Zao Onsen, skiing, winter sports, sports, winter, coldComment

Sea & Summit: Yuza and Mount Chōkai

The place I live is called Yamagata. In Japanese, this literally means "mountain-shaped". In a couple of years here, I have fallen under the spell of these most-unchanging facets of nature, and they have certainly changed me.

TravelLisa Wynne28 November 2016Mount Chokai, hiking, mountains, climbing, Yamagata, Yuza, Shonai, Tohoku, summer, walking, adventure, camping, August, 2016Comment

Writing by Lisa Wynne