12 Activities Gods & Goddess live in Kamikochi Yoshiko Toyama You can arrive at this amazingly beautiful place after just a 3-hour drive from Tokyo. Get off the Chuo-highway at Matsumoto ...
Activities Goryu 47 Ski Area Bryan Baier Goryu 47 are two interconnected ski areas featuring terrain that caters to skiers and snowboarders of all levels and all nati...
7 Activities Quaint Towns of the Kiso Valley Nakasendo Joe Peters If you have at least of couple of days, and want a great destination outside the cities, head for the Kiso Valley and visit t...
Activities Fujimidai Highlands Justin Dart From Fujimidai, a small peak in the shadow of Mt. Ena, on a clear day you can see across the southern Alps to the small trian...
Activities Creating Soba in Iiyama Robert Grey Combine a soba-making experience with the comfort and hospitality of an overnight stay at a family-run Japanese hot spring inn
Activities Picchio's Adventure Club Noro Randria Let your children have a blast in Karuizawa thanks to one of the many activities organized only for them by Picchio's Adventu...
9 Activities The Divine Beauty of Kamikōchi Jerome Lee Kamikōchi in Matsumoto, Nagano, offers some fantastic views, and is located roughly 2 hours away from Matsumoto station.
Activities Tsurumine Park's Gorgeous Azaleas Reiko Senna The man who ordered the azalea showed three fingers to mean 300 bushes, but the gardener took it to mean three freight cars o...
Activities Meet the Real Wasabi in Nagano Suwannee Payne Many people might think the wasabi we eat at Japanese restaurants or the green wasabi powder that has to be mixed with water ...
10 Activities Winter Climbing Komagatake C. Rio A few winters ago, I was recruited by my climbing buddy to explore one of the valleys below Komagatake. It was to be a three ...
