Food Tabataya Soba Restaurant, Shiozawa Rufus Starbuck Amazing soba noodles made onsite in this traditional building - so well known that it is frequented by bus loads of tourists
Shopping Jimbocho Winter Sports Shop Street Rufus Starbuck There is a street in Tokyo with a high concentration of sports shops dedicated to winter sports. Acres of floor space to hunt for..
Activities Echigo Winery in Urasa Rufus Starbuck Echigo Winery in Urasa is a working winery that stands out from the surrounding rice fields. Tasting rooms, an amazing restaurant..
Food Hakkaisan Izumi Village, Muikamachi Rufus Starbuck Hakkaisan Izumi Village is a multipurpose function area with a shop selling craft food and drinks. There is also a great Italian..
Food Ikufuudo Butchery & Restaurant Rufus Starbuck A meat lover's paradise at this Minakami butchery/restaurant serving up home-crafted meats to eat in or takeaway with you
Accommodation Sumiyoshiya Hotel in Teradomari Rufus Starbuck Ryokan style hotel with great sea views close to the wide Teradomari beaches. Fantastic fresh seafood makes for a delicious dinner...
Culture Wild Flower Gallery Rufus Starbuck Yasuo Toyama paints lovely watercolors of locally picked wild flowers and then displays them together in his stylish converted farmhouse...
Beauty & Spa Yukiguni & Takahan Ryokan, Yuzawa Rufus Starbuck A museum dedicated to the novel Yukiguni by Yasunari Kawabata. The museum is housed in Takahan ryokan where he wrote the book, including..
