Activities Mount Asama Magma Stone Park Dorothee Tsunoda Futuristic, massive and lunar in landscape. These were my first impressions of Mount Asama, one of Japan’s most active volcan...
6 Activities Nakanojo Garden Dorothee Tsunoda Nakanojo Gardens is a big floral park where you can enjoy a nice walk or see a great bonsai exhibition. In the centre, they c...
10 Activities Soak Your Feet at Sainokawara Park Cathy Cawood Sainokawara Park in Kusatsu Onsen Town has a large public foot-bath, and warm stream flows along one side of it.
7 Activities Snowshoeing in Joestu National Park C. Rio Rising early on the second-to-last day of 2013 to crisp still air and clear blue skies, I realized it was a perfect day for s...
9 Activities Yubiso and its Year-round Beauty C. Rio For the past four years I have had the privilege of calling Yubiso home. This sleepy village on the edge of Minakami is the g...
8 Activities Mantaro-san C. Rio Located in the same range as the infamous Tanigawadake, Mantaro-san shares all of the same weather patterns and danger, but n...
Activities Pinon Inn Aline Laborde Pinon Inn is only a fifteen minute walk to the famous stone steps of Ikaho, Ikaho Temple and the curving red Kajika Bridge. T...
Activities Nakazawa Village Aline Laborde Located only a 15 minute walk away from the heart of Kusatsu town, Nakazawa Village is a hotel and hot spring resort boasting...
12 Activities Ikaho Green Bokujo Rufus Starbuck Ikaho Green Bokujo offers the chance to check out the sights, sounds and especially the smells of a working farm. Located on ...
17 Activities Bungee Jumping and Autumn Leaves Bryan Baier Japan's one and only place to go bungee jumping