Overseas program(s):
Fuji Summer 2017
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Channeling Destruction - They are everywhere! I was floored by the series of immense dams we discovered on an afternoon hike into the canyons behind the village of Nemba. Rising like fortresses above the bone dry stream bed, each one stood larger and more formidable than the last. Gazing at all these towering walls of concrete packed into […]
Nachi Falls and Mt. Fuji: A Cultural Refashioning - Although Mt. Fuji is undoubtedly the crown jewel of Japan’s natural landscape, another landform, tucked away near the tip of the Kii Peninsula, rivals Fuji in both beauty and cultural significance. Such a place is Nachi-no-taki, a waterfall that towers over the surrounding woodland like Mt. Fuji dominates above the five lakes. Although Nachi Falls […]