7 Winter Sports Tenjindaira Ski Resort C. Rio When all of the other Minakami area ski resorts are tracked out and you're forced back on to groomed slopes, there is one resort..
7 Camping & Trekking Azumaya-san C. Rio This small section can de done in a short afternoon hike (as an out-an-back), or made into a longer thru-hike by joining up wi..
7 Camping & Trekking On top of Omine-san C. Rio What this short section of the Snow Country Trail lacks in size, it makes up for in beauty.
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 t..
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. The..
10 Outdoors Sennokuro-san Summit C. Rio Day two of my hike up Sennokuro-san was greeted with clear skies and calm air. My first task upon rising was to descend 100 meters..
Activities Yoshioka Town Ogura Grape Orchards Rufus Starbuck Should you find yourself in the Shibukawa area of Gunma from late August to late October it is grape season and there are larg..
7 Activities Joshuyuno Lake Dorothee Tsunoda Go to Joshuyuno Lake following a great alternative route to Kusatsu or Chatsubomi-goke Moss Park. It is an interesting place and..