9 Culture Japan Coast Guard Museum Justin Velgus The Japan Coast Guard Museum (工作船展示館) is an admission free warehouse being
8 Hokusetsu's Fiery Daruma Temple Justin Velgus Location: Meiji no Mori Minō Quasi-National Park (明治の森箕面国定公園) in Hokusetsu
Nightlife 京都伏見 吟醸酒房「油長(あぶらちょう)」 Shozo Fujii 古来より天皇在住地であり政治の中心地であった京都で必然的に興った貴族文化は洗練の極みである。... 水と米と醸造技術のどれもが完璧に組み合わされてこその銘酒だが、京文化に横たわる洗練を追求するというスタンスは、伏見の酒造りにも当然のことながら
Activities Mt Shirane Ropeway Aline Laborde Near Kusatsu Onsen lies Mount Shirane (白根山), a series of active volcanic mountains that includes Moto-Shirane (本白根) and Aino-mine.
7 Culture Botanical Garden in Sengokuhara Masato Kitamura The Hakone Botanical Garden of Wetlands (Hakone Shisseikaen or 箱根湿生花園 in Japanese) is a wonderfully designed garden with a great variety of marsh and alpine
9 Activities Trekking Up Mount Oku-Shirane, Nikko Nicole Bauer My husband and I climbed Mount Oku-Shirane, also known as Nikko-Shirane (日光白根山), this summer.
Culture Onshi Hakone Koen Park Tomoko Kamishima Onshi Hakone Koen Park (恩賜箱根公園) used to be an Imperial villa.
Activities Climbing Mount Oku-Shirane, Nikko Nicole Bauer lifts near the campground, and is very well signposted (Mae-Shirane-前白根山... and/or Oku-Shirane-奥白根山).