Emma Goto
@emgoto.com
Software engineer living in Tokyo 🗼 tinkering on my blog and hiking Japan's mountains one peak at a time ⛰️
https://www.emgoto.com/
https://www.emgoto.com/
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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October 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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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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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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
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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September 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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!
www.emgoto.com/mt-hiuchi-an...
Turned out to be a pretty foggy hike, but managed to dodge most of the rain so I’m happy!
www.emgoto.com/mt-hiuchi-an...
www.emgoto.com/itoigawa/
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!
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!
Itoigawa, Niigata: the Jade Beach and Fossa Magma Museum
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
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August 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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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!
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!
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 Amakazari (雨飾山, amakazari-yama) is one of the four Hundred Famous Mountains of Japan located in Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park near
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August 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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
www.emgoto.com/mt-amakazari/
www.emgoto.com/mt-amakazari/
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
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 …
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August 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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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manuelmoreale.com/pb-emma-goto
Newsletter #8
Wishing it were about 10 degrees cooler right now
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August 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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.
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Mt Yake: day hike from Kamikochi
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
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July 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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/
www.emgoto.com/mt-yake/
I went hiking for a second week in a row - this week to Mt Makihata. Weekly hiking feels a little hectic once you factor in the travel time, but July and August is peak hiking season so I gotta squeeze in as much I can 😂 let's see how the weather holds up for next week.
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Mt Makihata (巻機山) hike
Mt Makihata (巻機山, makihata-yama) is one of Japan's Hundred Famous Mountains, straddling the border of Gunma and Niigata prefectures. Hiking
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July 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I went hiking for a second week in a row - this week to Mt Makihata. Weekly hiking feels a little hectic once you factor in the travel time, but July and August is peak hiking season so I gotta squeeze in as much I can 😂 let's see how the weather holds up for next week.
www.emgoto.com/mt-makihata/
www.emgoto.com/mt-makihata/
Went hiking to Mt Jonen this weekend! I've been keeping a streak of 1 post a week all year, managed to finish this post in time to keep that streak going 🫡
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Mt Jonen (常念岳)
Mt Jonen (常念岳, jonen-dake) is one of Japan's Hundred Famous Mountains, located on the southern side of the Japan's North Alps. I'll confess
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July 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Went hiking to Mt Jonen this weekend! I've been keeping a streak of 1 post a week all year, managed to finish this post in time to keep that streak going 🫡
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www.emgoto.com/mt-jonen/
This week's new post - a quick overview of my camera setup, plus a couple of comparison pics between the Fujifilm and iPhone in case you were curious!
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Two months with my Fujifilm X-T5: my hiking camera setup
A little over 2 months ago I got my first ever mirrorless camera - a Fujifilm X-T5. I'm still very much a beginner at photography, but it's
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July 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This week's new post - a quick overview of my camera setup, plus a couple of comparison pics between the Fujifilm and iPhone in case you were curious!
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www.emgoto.com/hiking-camer...
Happy July! Last month I took a trip back to Australia and in some exciting news, have joined the team at @hardcover.app 🎉
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Newsletter #7
A trip back to Australia! And an exciting new development
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July 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Happy July! Last month I took a trip back to Australia and in some exciting news, have joined the team at @hardcover.app 🎉
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New post up! I'll be candid and say that this post is more for the SEO than anything else (hehe), but Kyushu is a pretty underrated place to go for hiking 🙌
New post up! I'll be candid and say that this post is more for the SEO than anything else (hehe), but Kyushu is a pretty underrated place to go for hiking 🙌
A guide to the best hikes in Kyushu
Kyushu has some pretty cool mountains. It's home to Mt Aso, Japan's largest active volcano, plus Yakushima Island (off the coast of the Kyus
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June 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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New post up! I'll be candid and say that this post is more for the SEO than anything else (hehe), but Kyushu is a pretty underrated place to go for hiking 🙌
New post up! I'll be candid and say that this post is more for the SEO than anything else (hehe), but Kyushu is a pretty underrated place to go for hiking 🙌
Back in Australia for the week 🇦🇺
June 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Back in Australia for the week 🇦🇺
This week's new post is a book note - I don't write too many of these on my blog but I quite liked Flow when I first read it a number of years ago and thought it was worth the re-read
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www.emgoto.com/flow/
Book notes: Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
If I had to sum up this book in one sentence it would be that the key to happiness and life satisfaction is to spend as much of your time in
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June 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This week's new post is a book note - I don't write too many of these on my blog but I quite liked Flow when I first read it a number of years ago and thought it was worth the re-read
www.emgoto.com/flow/
www.emgoto.com/flow/
Starting off my 2025 hyakumeizan hikes with a trip out to Mt Ena - this one is number 53/100. Hoping to get somewhere into the 60s this year!
Mt Ena (恵那山)
Mt Ena (恵那山, ena-san) unfortunately has a bit of a reputation as being one of the most "boring" of the Hundred Famous Mountains of
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June 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Starting off my 2025 hyakumeizan hikes with a trip out to Mt Ena - this one is number 53/100. Hoping to get somewhere into the 60s this year!