Culture Tokamachi Snow Festival 2016 Rufus Starbuck Tokamachi Snow Festival is one of the best winter festivals in the whole of the country with snow sculptures, live music and ...
Yairo Mori Park Rufus Starbuck Yairo Mori Park in Urasa has plenty to keep the children amused, and enough around to ensure that the parents have a good day...
Activities Osaki Dam Park Kim Bergström The Osaki Dam Park in Minamiuonuma is a pleasant spot to enjoy the springtime blooms. It's also a site which features numerou...
Activities Honai Park Kim Bergström Honai Park in Sanjo, Niigata, has a free greenhouse packed full of tropical plants including hibiscus, coffee, mango and pine...
Food Hakkaisan Izumi Village, Muikamachi Rufus Starbuck Hakkaisan Izumi Village is a multipurpose function area with a shop selling craft food and drinks. There is also a great Ital...
Food Tabataya Soba Restaurant, Shiozawa Rufus Starbuck Amazing soba noodles made onsite in this traditional building - so well known that it is frequented by bus loads of tourists
Food Ishin Tsukemen Restaurant in Yuzawa Rufus Starbuck Two ramen shops on R17 in Yuzawa. One offers traditional ramen, the other tsukemen with the soup and noodles separate. The no...
Soba making at Ueda no Sato Rufus Starbuck Make your own soba at Ueda no Sato Restaurant in Shiozawa.
Food Ishiuchi Drive-In Yakiniku Rufus Starbuck A yakiniku restaurant within a stone's throw from the slopes of Ishiuchi Ski Resort. Great food and exotic meats make it a fi...
Food Mujinzou Ramen in Muikamachi Rufus Starbuck Mujinzou Ramen in Muikamachi add persimmon juice to their noodles for extra texture and taste.
Accommodation Daigenta Canyon Campground Rufus Starbuck Camping in the great outdoors is something every child should experience - toasting marshmallows over a fire, hearing strange...
Activities Sunset Hike up Tanigawadake C. Rio It was late afternoon and the weather was too good not to try to head up into the mountains. Tanigawadake from a distance wa...
Shopping Uonuma no Sato Rufus Starbuck Uonuma no Sato is a sake themed destination showcasing the Hakkai-san brand. Delicious food, cakes, and sake on offer in a be...