SAUNTER MAGAZINE No. 7 | Special Feature "Mountains, Forests and Trails"

Yakushima Travel Document Magazine No. 7 | Special Feature: "Mountains, Forests and Trails"

Travelers: Pasang Lham Sherpa Akita (mountaineer), Higashide Masahiro (actor), Takano Hideyuki (writer), Yoshida Nagi (photographer), Ishikawa Naoki (photographer), Noguchi Ken (alpinist), Yoro Takeshi (anatomist), and others.


Content
1) Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita's Everest Trail
Traveler: Pasang Lham Sherpa Akita Special Interview: Ken Noguchi (Alpinist) Photos: Hidemi Ito, Text: Tae Chiba
She is the first Nepalese woman to summit K2, has climbed all 10 8,000m peaks, and won the National Geographic Adventure of the Year award in 2016.
We get a glimpse into the true nature of a top-class Sherpa who is blazing a trail in the world of alpine guiding, where there are very few women.

2) Chitwan National Park
Photo: Shotaro Kato, Text: Shinji Kunimoto
This vast wildlife sanctuary, one of Nepal's most iconic, stretches 80km east to west and 23km north to south. 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of its designation as a World Heritage Site.

3) Parotsechu and Taktsang Monastery in the Kingdom of Bhutan
Photos and text: Nakamura Rikiya
Visit Bhutan's largest festival and Taktsang Monastery, built on a vertical rock face.

4) Current state of Borneo's tropical rainforests supported by SARAYA
Photo: Shotaro Kato, Text: Yuko Hirota
Saraya is working on forest conservation in the Borneo rainforest. This report covers the results they have achieved on the ground, as well as the many challenges they face.

5) Continental Divide Trail
Photo and text: Nakamura Junki
A journey along the Continental Divide Trail, one of America's three major trails, with a total length of approximately 5,000 km.

6) Amazon Forest, Loreto Region, Peru
Photos and text: Hasegawa Yuya
From Iquitos, Peru to the Loreto region. What are the problems facing the people of the Amazon forest in South America?

7) Kyoto Loop Trail
Photos by Shotaro Kato, Text by Ikumi Haneda
The Kyoto Loop Trail encircles the city of Kyoto. We cover the recommended routes.

8) Kumano Kodo: Kamikura Shrine Lantern Festival
Photos and text: Hasegawa Yuya
The Kumano Kodo was registered as a World Heritage Site in 2004 as "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range." We covered the Oto Matsuri festival in Shingu City, Wakayama Prefecture.
9) Spice Forest, Maluku Islands, Indonesia
Photos and text: Higuchi Misa
We cover the lives of the people of the Maluku Islands, who make a living by cultivating spices in the forest.

10) Yakushima by Sansei Yamao
Photo: Hidemi Ito, Text: Tomoyo Tsuchiya
A conversation between the late Yamao Sansei, an animist poet who lived on Yakushima, his wife Yamao Harumi, and the painter Tezuka Kenji, who closely followed Sansei's activities.

11) Southern Yakushima Subtropical Forest supported by THE NORTH FACE
Photo: Hidemi Ito, Text: Shinji Kunimoto
Head to the Hebinokuchi Falls hiking course in the southern part of the island, which is filled with a tropical atmosphere.

12) Mountain life
Special contribution: Masahiro Higashide (actor) Illustration: Reiko Niimura
An essay of over 4,000 words by actor Higashide Masahiro, who has set up base in the mountains and begun a life of hunting.

13) Travel essays by guests
Special contributions: Hideyuki Takano (non-fiction writer), Naoki Ishikawa (photographer), Nagi Yoshida (photographer) Illustration: Okataoka
Essays about mountains and forests written by people who love mountains and forests.

14) Serial: Essays by Takeshi Yoro
Illustration: Yoshimi Hatori
This is the seventh installment of the serialized essay by Yoro Takeshi, which has continued since the first issue.