Not the most ideal place to take your kids on a nature hike
The Mt Fuji area has some of the most beautiful sights in Japan. Images you will treasure for the rest of your life. Aokigahara Forest is...
Our second chance at Mt Fuji
I climbed Mt Fuji for the first time back in July 2009, at the start of the school holidays, climbed overnight with limited clothing, no...
Nishizawa Valley
The 4 seasons in Yamanashi are as distinct as you can get. There are major extremes with summer in the Kofu, Isawa area getting to 40C...
Japan's best burger
Here’s one of Yamanashi’s tastiest spots for a stunning feast. When you're visiting the Mt Fuji area you would be a fool not to go to...
Yamanashi's finest drop
In Yamanashi, we are blessed with much more to do than just looking at Mt Fuji while eating Houto noodles. While the peach trees are...
Turning up the heat
Yamanashi is really getting warm!! Right now I think it’s up there with Ayers Rock heat, that furnace heat that gives no mercy. Maybe I’m...
The differences between Australian and Japanese peaches
I'm really proud to be involved in making and selling one of the most delicious fruits I have ever tried. That is a big call after eating...
The perks of farm life
We have finished bagging all our peaches, now its a waiting game for the sun to plump up our fruit ready for around mid July. After every...
Peach Pests
We began our first stages of peach farming in 30-degree heat, not the sapping Cairns heat, but with cool valley breezes flowing through...
Thanks Cairns
Thanks Cairns, It's finally come, packing completed, apartment keys handed in, car sold, farewells dusted, the job finished up, 200 beers...
