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Tom Fay is the lead author of Walking and Trekking in the Japan Alps and Mt. Fuji. He is a British writer and teacher based in Osaka, and has been living in Japan for well over a decade. Growing up in the hills of North Wales, the mountains of Snowdonia were his first outdoor and #039;love and #039;, and he still returns there year after year. He has since hiked and climbed in many places including Scotland, Iceland, China, South Korea, New Zealand, the Himalayas and throughout every corner of Japan. Tom writes mainly about travel and the outdoors for a variety of publications and media outlets, and is the author of a popular guidebook called and #039;Must-See Japan and #039;. He is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild. Check out his website www.thomasfay.com for more information.Wes Lang has been endlessly exploring Japan and amp;#39;s mountains since relocating to the country in 2001. In 2008 he became the first American (and one of only a handful of foreigners) to climb the Hyakumeizan, Japan and amp;#39;s 100 Famous Mountains. He has since gone on to complete the Kansai Hyakumeizan (100 mountains of the Kansai region) and is currently climbing the highest mountain in each of Japan and amp;#39;s 47 Prefectures.
He is the founder of Hiking in Japan and amp;ndash; https://japanhike.wordpress.com and amp;ndash; a website providing comprehensive hiking information for the Hyakumeizan and beyond. His travels have taken him to the mountains of South Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand and throughout the US.
Wes lives in Osaka with his Japanese wife and young daughter.
