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Mt Kita and Mt Aino: hiking Japan's second and third tallest mountains

Emma Goto @emgoto.com · 11d

Managed to get absolutely perfect weather for this hike!

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Mt Kita (北岳, kita-dake) and Mt Aino (間ノ岳, aino-dake) are the two tallest peaks in the Southern Alps. And at 3193 and 3190m elevation respect

Mt Azuma-Kofuji and Mt Issaikyo hike

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Emma Goto @emgoto.com · 16d

New post up - www.emgoto.com/mt-azuma-kof...

A hike in Fukushima with some pretty cool views

Mt Azuma-Kofuji (吾妻小富士, azuma-kofuji) and Mt Issaikyo (一切経山, issaikyo-zan) are two adjacent peaks in Fukushima which can be climbed together

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Emma Goto @emgoto.com · 23d

Mt Nishi-Azuma: an autumn hike

Mt Nishi-Azuma (西吾妻山, nishi-azuma-yama) is the highest peak of Mt Azuma (吾妻山), one of Japan's Hundred Famous Mountains, and is located on th

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Emma Goto @emgoto.com · 24d

Yeah there's still plenty of great hikes to do though! E.g. Mt Kuju down in Kyushu, or if you want to stay closer to Tokyo, maybe a local mountain like Mt Tanzawa or Mt Kumotori is on the harder side (~20km)

And thank you! I'd love to try out some hiking in China one day.

Emma Goto @emgoto.com · 24d

Heya! Unfortunately I don't have much experience in off season hiking in the Alps - anywhere at the 2500m+ mark will be covered in snow! So you will need to bring gear like crampons + ice axe.

My guide to staying at a Japanese mountain hut

Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Oct 4

New week, new post!

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I recently completed my sixth mountain hut stay since I started hiking in Japan, and it was also my first time doing it solo. I'll admit tha

Mt Hiuchi (火打山, hiuchi-yama) and Mt Myoko (妙高山, myoko-san) are two of Japan's Hundred Famous Mountains, located in Niigata's Myoko-Togakushi

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Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Oct 3

Front matter is a good tip! I don't make enough use of that - thanks!

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Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Oct 1

My monthly newsletter is out - I'll admit I'm feeling a bit social media'd out and I sort of want to quit my newsletter + Bluesky altogether 😅 I want to stick out the newsletter until the end of the year at least!

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Newsletter #10

Happy Autumn!

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Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Sep 29

Yeah actually I think I'd go even more closely aligned with the existing stuff around it (added some random notes to the alt text)

of course I'm not a professional designer by any means so feel free to ignore any or all of it!

If you were curious about my line of thought:
- Removed the all-caps title, since I think adding bold is enough of a differentiator
- made the amount of space above and below the divider equal
- centred the previous post link in the box. I think just generally with UI design having sort of this "equalness" between all your UI elements just looks more pleasing
- also left aligned the content. centre does look good if there's just 1 box, but I was thinking if you had 2 squares (for previous and next post) having it left aligned makes it fit more with the stuff above it

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Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Sep 24

The top half feels a bit inconsistent to the bottom half - I'd try and reuse the same colour and styling for the publication/tag bits compared to the next and previous post bits 🤔

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Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Sep 19

A 2 day hike to Mt Hiuchi and Mt Myoko - my 60th and 61st hyakumeizans (only 39 to go!)

Turned out to be a pretty foggy hike, but managed to dodge most of the rain so I’m happy!

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Mt Hiuchi and Mt Myoko

Book notes: Slow Productivity by Cal Newport

Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Sep 14

This week's post is some book notes on Slow Productivity

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I used to love reading productivity hack blogs back in the 2010s, which were all about min-maxing your life to get the most out of every day

Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Sep 8

Thanks so much David 🫶

Mt Kurobegoro and Mt Yari: North Alps Nishi-Ginza Diamond course

Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Sep 6

New hiking post up!

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At the end of August I did a 3-day hut-to-hut hike through the North Alps of Japan, passing by two of its Hundred Famous Mountains - Mt Kuro

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Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Sep 1

Happy September!

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Newsletter #9

Back in Australia again!

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Itoigawa, Niigata: the Jade Beach and Fossa Magma Museum

Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Aug 29

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Had some big hiking plans, but it got rained out so we visited the beach instead - it's nice to take it a bit more chill sometimes!

After climbing Mt Amakazari, we spent another night in Niigata before heading back home to Tokyo. We were so close to the Sea of Japan, so t

Happo Pond: a beginner-friendly hike in Hakuba

Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Aug 23

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A quick hike up to Hakuba's Happo Pond.

The day before climbing Mt Amakazari, we took a a bit of a detour to visit Hakuba's Happo Pond, or Happo-Ike. This was a pretty last-minute

Mt Amakazari (雨飾山, amakazari-yama) is one of the four Hundred Famous Mountains of Japan located in Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park near

Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Aug 23

The most recent trilogy is pretty good! I've tried to watch the original series but unfortunately it's quite dated (sexist) 🫠

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Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Aug 16

Last weekend Japan had a 3-day weekend thanks to its "Mountain Day" public holiday - unfortunately it was a bit of a rainy one, but managed to sneak in a day hike up Mt Amakazari

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Mt Amakazari (雨飾山) hike

Mt Echigo-Komagatake (越後駒ヶ岳)

Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Aug 9

New post up! From my hike up Mt Echigo-Komagatake last weekend.

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Mt Echigo-Komagatake (越後駒ヶ岳, echigo-komagatake), is one of the Hundred Famous Mountains of Japan located in Niigata. There are quite a few K

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Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Aug 2

Yees, that's the plan! Which I think is going to be a great thing to help get users more invested in it if they can jump in and help out as well 🫶

This is the 101st edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Emma …

Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Aug 2

This week I've been featured in Manu's People and Blogs series! Super honoured to be listed alongside 100 other great bloggers 🎉

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P&B: Emma Goto – Manu

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Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Aug 1

Happy August!

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Newsletter #8

Wishing it were about 10 degrees cooler right now

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Mt Yake: day hike from Kamikochi

Emma Goto @emgoto.com · Jul 26

This week's post is a bit of a throwback to 2 years ago when I climbed Mt Yake - a nice mountain to hike if you were interested in visiting Nagano's Kamikochi area.

www.emgoto.com/mt-yake/

Mt Yake (焼岳, yake-dake) is one of Japan's Hundred Famous Mountains located in the North Alps of Japan. It's doable as an out-and-back day hi