Takayama Town
Old town in the Gifu prefecture mountains, famous for wooden furniture brands and a preserved old town. When JapanTweet The...
Japanese Alps
Nasu Animal Kingdom
A highly interactive zoo with open exhibits where animals interact with each other. Very family friendly although quite difficult to...
Nikko
Nikko is a popular tourist focused town near Utsunomiya that is famous for its World-Heritage shrines and temples that dot...
Nagano Snow Monkeys
You may have heard of the famous Nagano Snow monkeys, who laze about in a natural hot spring in order...
Snow Valley
ToyamaSnow ValleyMount TateyamaKurobe DamMatsumoto Castle The Yuki-Tani (Snow Valley) is a man-made valley dug out of the snow along part...
Matsumoto Castle
Matsumoto Castle is one of 12 original castles in Japan that hasn't been burnt down and rebuild in the last...
Trout fishing in Shiohama
Overall rating: See bottom of post for details. Across the river from the main hotels is a small restaurant that...
Utsunomiya – Gyoza City
Utsunomiya is a city north of Tokyo in Tochigi Prefecture, famous for it's Gyoza and Jazz (there is a big...
Kusatsu Hot Spring Town
Popular with Japanese and increasingly with foreigners also (6 years ago there were few foreigners there however recently the area...