Ph.D. | Hokusei Gakuen University Assistant Professor | Guinness World Record (Longest Journey by Skateboard - 12,159km) | Founder, The Hokkaido Wilds
Sapporo, Japan
Joined December 2008
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We recently walked the length of the Daisetsuzan Range. Here's how we planned and prepared for walking the 8-day Daisetsuzan Grand Traverse in Japan's northern-most island of Hokkaido - with food and kit-lists! hokkaidowilds.org/daisetsuza…
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Daisetsuzan Grand Traverse Day 1 Blog Post - A rather subdued, misty, but satisfying start to the eight-day trip, via marshes, gusty bush-whacks, and inspiring ridges. Amazing diversity in vegetation in this day alone. hokkaidowilds.org/daisetsuza… #daisetsuzangrandtraverse
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CANOE ROUTE | Tobetsu River (当別川) flows through a forgotten forested wonderland just one hour's drive north of Sapporo City. Expect gorgeous bed-rock riverbeds, white-tailed eagles, native deer, and plenty of fish. hokkaidowilds.org/water/tobe…
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PRIMER | Want to set up an NPO in Japan? Depending on your group's aspirations, there are a number of options to get the recognition you need. Hokkaido Wilds founder Rob Thomson outlines what he's learned along the Hokkaido Wilds journey so far. hokkaidowilds.org/japan-npo-…
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We now have the lowest website access numbers since launch (red line). With international travel impossible, seems no one is Googling "Hokkaido" (light blue line) - searches for "Hokkaido" also at the lowest in the last 2.5 yrs. Interactive figure: hokw.jp/access-drop-HW
I is a Youtuber?
英文学科トムソン先生（デジタルメディア社会論）が本日のIntroduction to Digital Media（概論）のZOOMリアルタイム授業中に、リアルタイム授業を行う時の、トムソン先生のセッティングを紹介してくれました。全部英語で紹介していますが、ご覧ください！youtube.com/watch?v=Ww9fZJKu… #みんなの北星
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"The Big Four" mountaineering/alpine associations in Japan have issued a joint declaration regarding mountain-related activities in Japan during the current state of emergency in Japan (jma-sangaku.or.jp/informatio…). Our translation: hokw.jp/3bocvyV #stayathome
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MAP CORRECTION | A small but important correction to the Iwanai-dake (岩内岳) PDF topomap we posted 2 days ago - @rob_thomson mistakenly indicated an old trailhead. Thx to Phil on Instagram for pointing this out - great to get feedback. hokkaidowilds.org/hiking/iwa…
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札幌市にある北星学園大学・北星学園大学短期大学部の公式Twitterアカウントです。北星学園大学に関するニュースやイベントなどについてツイートしていきますので、よろしくお願いします！
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Day 5 of the Trans-Hokkaido Bikepacking Route Scouting Tour - hokkaidowilds.org/day-5-tran… #bikepacking #hokkaidocycletouring
Exciting to see another multi-country study measuring @masakiyuuuuki's #relationalmobility by @MattEasters at #iaccp2018. Study looks at how relational mobility explains why relationship between multi-group membership and self-esteem varies in strength btw. countries.
Standing room only at the #relationalmobility session at the @iaccp conference in Guelph, Canada. I am 100% behind Joanna's call for other ways to measure relational mobility.
Made it 30km on my bike to the sleepy little town of Georgetown off the Tokyo-Toronto flight. Amazing to see the great Canadian multiculturalism first hand in the southern suburbs of Toronto. Here is a photo of a sunset. #conferencebybike #commuting
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Off to @iaccp at Guelph, 100km south of Toronto. Direct flight from Tokyo to Toronto. From there, the bike ride to Guelph will (hopefully) help me kick the jetlag into submission. #conferencebybike
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And here is a website I put together about relational mobility. PNAS paper data visualizations, relational mobility scale in 20 languages, and more! relationalmobility.org #relationalmobility #Datavisualization #openscience
"I wrote a thing" seems to be the modestly-acceptable thing to write when you actually sweated blood to get the thing to fruition. So here it is. I wrote a thing, with massive help from people much more brilliant than I: pnas.org/content/early/2018/…
Some thoughts on what blogging means for me. teapawt.net/hokkaidowilds/status/1…
@bikepackingcom has always been an inspiring example to me (@hokkaidowilds) of pure web artistry. The way they showcase places and people and adventure and the growing niche of bikepacking… instagram.com/p/BkhyxhPHDzZ/…
I am building a new website...exciting stuff. teapawt.net/hokkaidowilds/status/1…
I’m building a new website. The Hokkaido Wilds (hokkaidowilds.org) will be the new home for all the Hokkaido-related content on 14degrees.org. I am hoping it will be all up and… instagram.com/p/BkfOebFBokT/…
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