15 Activities A Wild Ride at Gunma Safari Park Rufus Starbuck Gunma Safari Park is a huge hit with the kids. Take the aerial off the car, shut the car windows, lock the door and head out ...
9 Transportation Minakami Station Aline Laborde Wedged between the Tanigawa mountain range, lies Minakami Station in Gunma prefecture.
Activities Mt Shirane Ropeway Aline Laborde Near Kusatsu Onsen lies Mount Shirane (白根山), a series of active volcanic mountains that includes Moto-Shirane (本白根) and...
12 Activities Nasu Mt. Chausu-dake Climb Tomoko Kamishima In October, autumn leaves start to come from the north to the south in Japan. And one of the first leaves changes in the Kant...
Food Ashimaen Restaurant in Minakami Rufus Starbuck Ashimaen is a restaurant much loved by the locals in Minakami, and its nondescript exterior (and interior) may not be as appe...
Activities Shima Seiryu no Yu Aline Laborde Shima Seiryuu no Yu makes a great onsen day trip. It is frequented by many of the Nakanojo town locals. It is opened between ...
11 Nightlife Shimbashi Hannah Warren By day, Shimbashi is a basic business district but at night the area comes alive with bars, izakaya taverns and local eateries.
6 Culture Nippon Maru David Parmer What comes to mind when you think of sailing ships? Blue skies and billowing sails? Probably so. But sometimes,…well it rains.
Nightlife Love Hotel Hill Hannah Warren One of the things Japan is most famous for is its wide range of unique accommodation types. Traditional ryokan, space age cap...
Activities Hakone's Yunessun Sandra Isaka Yunessun, in Hakone, is billed as an 'Onsen Theme Park' and it does not disappoint. Accessible by car or mass transportation,...
