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Justin Randall

Justin Randall

After a life lived across America, Justin took a leap and moved to the northernmost reaches of Japan. Now Justin continues his adventure in Hokkaido, living in Kitami City and working as a freelance journalist. In a world saturated in myths of unknown Japan, Justin’s work focuses on the faces and stories of Japan’s frontier.

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Articles by Justin Randall

Autumn foliage in Hokkaido

Taisetsu Route 39 Onsen Stamp Rally

Destinations, Featured, Hokkaido, Prefectures

Of all of the colorful quirks of Japanese culture, historic and contemporary, none is held so passionately by its devotees as a good ol’ Hokkaido Stamp Rally. The grandest journey across Japan’s largest prefecture involves an arduous trek across the island in search of the 114 unique michi-no-eki, or road stations, that dot the wild landscape. 

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A lighthouse view - summer in Hokkaido

Summer in Hokkaido

Hokkaido, Summer 2 Comments
Though Hokkaido ranks high within the pantheon of powder snow destinations, it's no one-trick pony. Japan’s largest single prefecture hosts more than its fair share of four-season activities, which avoid the spotlight in the zeitgeist of Japan travel. Hokkaido is...
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What to Do If You Crash Your Car in Japan

Safety
After six years of living in Hokkaido, it finally happened: I’d crashed my car. Ozora Town, or “big sky” in Japanese, is such a fitting name for this place, I thought as I looked through my now-cracked windshield. My car...
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My Japan: Life in Kitami, Hokkaido

Hokkaido, My Japan
This month in our My Japan series, Voyapon contributor Justin Randall walks us through a week in his life in Kitami, Hokkaido. Someone once told me, that there isn’t anything in East Hokkaido, I think about those words often. For me,...
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