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You're looking for somewhere new and interesting to go on for your next backpacking trip?

Maybe another continent? Maybe Japan? What would that be like? Let's find out.

Joining us today is our friend, Samir.

Samir has been on here a couple of times now.

He's talked about a few different trails.

He's Hike, most notably the Arizona Trail.

But this time he's going to share with us a very unique experience.

We've never had anyone on who was Hike in this region before, and if you know, I'm always

looking for people that come on and share their experiences with their international

travels.

So Samir, welcome back to the podcast.

Welcome back to popular hikes.

Hey, thanks for having me again.

I'm excited to be back on and talk about my most recent hiking travels.

This Samir, you were hiking in Japan.

You found a trail and went to Japan to your hike.

Tell us first, what motivated you to want to go hiking in Japan?

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