Activities Tokamachi Ajisai Park Hydrangea Festival 2025 Jul 1st - Jul 31st During the month of July each year, the Tokamachi Ajisai Park is home to a hydrangea festival which celebrates the beauty of around..
Activities Tsunan Sunflower Festival 2025 Late Jul - Mid Aug The Tsunan Sunflower Festival showcases around 500,000 of these beautiful seasonal blooms over a 4 hectare space. There are plenty..
Activities Dragondola Gaurav Raja Dahal The Naeba-Tashiro Gondola Ropeway is popularly known as 'Dragondola' and started operating in 2001. Its 5481m length makes..
10 Outdoors Ishiuchi Maruyama Ski Resort Rufus Starbuck Ishiuchi Maruyama is a popular ski resort just outside Yuzawa town that has a good variety of slopes, 2 half pipes and several terrain..
6 Activities Views of Naeba Ski Resort C. Rio Taking a break from our usual snowboarding turf, my friend and I decided to check out Naeba Ski Resort. Just on the other side of..
Camping & Trekking Shinetsu Trail, Part 2 Rowland Douglas Part two: the Shinetsu trail a 4-6 day hike, running north-east from Mt. Madarao by Lake Nojiri. Moderately strenuous but not technically..
Activities Aollumination 2025-2026 Mid Nov - Mid Feb Aollumination is a seasonal illumination event that takes place at Aore Nagaoka during the winter months, beginning in mid-November..
Activities Echigo-Akiyamago Driving Route Rufus Starbuck Echigo-Akiyama Driving Route - breathtaking scenery along the Nakatsu River on the Niigata/Nagano border