Japan Info Swap Blog

Now and again, something pops up in the zeitgeist that comes right out of left field. Some of these things are fads that slip away as quickly as they came (remember twerking? No, probably not), but some things seem to not only hang around but absolutely explode.

One of those things hanging around – quite literally – is bouldering in Japan. As one of the new events added to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, this sport – in which competit…