Co-author of "Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide," (2011) "Yurei Attack! The Japanese Ghost Survival Guide," (2011) and "Ninja Attack! True Tales of Assassins, Samurai, and Outlaws" (2011).
From East Germany to Japan, via Hanoi and London, I enjoyed Tokyo and corporate for several years but then found my calling and home on the Kii Peninsula. Since July 2011 I live near the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trails where I guide and write while apprenticing with Shugendo priests. I enjoy nature connection and spiritual exploration, forest therapy and transformational travel and I care about rural revitalization, environmental protection, local community, organic farming and feral cats.
How far would you go to discover the soul of Japan? That was the question asked by Dean Newcombe and team when they decided to do create Japan's first adventure travel show, runAway: Soul of Japan! Filmed over two months, the runAway team dives deep into the heart of Japan using only natural energy to traverse some of the country's most rugged and beautiful landscapes!
Masayoshi Sakamoto is a Japanese writer and translator based in Toyama. He writes news and columns for a number of publications and web magazines, including All About Japan. He contributes to All About as its Kurobe-Tateyama guide.
Writer, conservationist and wildlife photographer with a passion for travelling and the great outdoors. I come from New Zealand, currently live in Japan, and have visited countries in Europe, Asia, the Pacific and Africa.
My personal mission is to re-connect people and nature together again.
Writer, director and photographer based in the Kansai region of Japan. Passionate about finding unique places to travel to, and also the performing arts.
