Tomo Nakamura
Tomo Nakamura has lived across Asia for 25 years, in Hong Kong since 2010. He left a salaryman job in Osaka at 27 and spent his thirties teaching, diving and leading hiking tours from Chiang Mai to Nepal before a six-month magazine contract in Hong Kong turned into a permanent move — largely because of the hiking.
He's evangelical about a fact most visitors miss: Hong Kong has some of the best urban hiking in the world, where you can leave a skyscraper at noon and stand on a mountain above the South China Sea by two. He now explores the city's trails, islands and weekend escapes with his wife and two children, treating every Saturday like a small expedition.
Tomo writes with patience and a meditative eye for detail, for readers who want to slow down and actually experience Hong Kong rather than tick off photo spots.
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Stories Tomo writes
- The MacLehose Trail, stage by stage: a guide to Hong Kong's greatest hike
- Island hopping without a plan: a ferry-and-noodle day on Cheung Chau
- Sunrise at Lion Rock — and why every Hong Kong resident should do it once
- The best weekend escapes from Hong Kong that aren't Macau or Shenzhen