I have never been to a taiko performance before, and my expectations are rather low heading into the auditorium. It would be entertaining, I am sure, but how exciting could these drums really be? The answer: pee-in-your-pants exciting. Taiko drumming turned out to be one of the coolest things
Climbing Mount Aso (阿蘇山): Japan’s Largest Active Volcano
Bored with simply hiking everyday trails after the Pacific Crest Trail, I felt that my outdoor expeditions required another level of danger (because bears, dehydration, and murderers in the desert were not enough), and so introducing the threat of toxic sulphuric gas and volcanic eruption was the