6 Outdoors Autumn Colors at Gozaisho Ropeway Ann Yamagishi summit during mid-October and the display of colors reaches Yunoyama Onsen
10 Outdoors Nikko Chuzen-ji Lake in Autumn Tomoko Kamishima Buses run from Chuzen-ji Onsen Terminal to Hangetsu-san from 9:30 AM to
6 Outdoors Winter in the Mt Aso region Mandy Bartok Beppu plies this route every day, stopping off in Aso Town and Kurokawa Onsen
Activities Kuju Flower Park Mandy Bartok from Kumamoto's Aso region and the steaming hot springs of Kurokawa Onsen... just a short drive north of the Mt Aso region and due east from Kurokawa Onsen
10 Camping & Trekking The Snow Country Trail Rufus Starbuck Stunning scenery all around and you are never too far away from an onsen
7 Camping & Trekking Hiking from the top of Mount Naeba C. Rio a two or three-day hike, staying at the riverside hut with adjoining onsen
12 Outdoors Fukui Ski Jam Katsuyama Takako Sakamoto Inside the hotel there is an onsen,with indoor/outdoor baths, and an indoor
Activities Creating Soba in Iiyama Robert Grey workshop known as Soba-Uchi in a Kanoe Ryokan workshop of Iiyama’s Togari Onsen... Most of the onsens have beautiful views of the Chikuma River.