Guidebook for Minakami, Tone District

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Guidebook for Minakami, Tone District

Everything Else

You can reach Tokyo in 70 mins on Shinkansen. One way non-reserved ticket costs approx 6,000 yen. There are several car rental options adjacent to the station.
Jomokogen Station
1756 Tsukiyono
You can reach Tokyo in 70 mins on Shinkansen. One way non-reserved ticket costs approx 6,000 yen. There are several car rental options adjacent to the station.

Entertainment & Activities

One of many hot springs, or "onsens".
Hot Spring Resort Matsunoi
551 Yubara
One of many hot springs, or "onsens".
One of many hot springs, or "Onsens". This one is the closest to my house, and is part of a traditional hotel. One onsen ticket costs around 600 yen.
Kamimoku Hot Spring
One of many hot springs, or "Onsens". This one is the closest to my house, and is part of a traditional hotel. One onsen ticket costs around 600 yen.
Fantastic ski resort, ideal for experts and beginners alike. Check snowjapan.com for updated weather. Close to Takaragawa onsen - the most beautiful onsen, ideal for soothing aching limbs after ski.
3839-1 Fujiwara
Fantastic ski resort, ideal for experts and beginners alike. Check snowjapan.com for updated weather. Close to Takaragawa onsen - the most beautiful onsen, ideal for soothing aching limbs after ski.
Another well known ski resort.
皆上高原滑雪场
Fujiwara
Another well known ski resort.
Excellent staff providing ski instructions in English, "snow canyoning" and other adventure sports. Check their website for evening events too. Run by Mike, the dread-locked kiwi!
Canyons キャニオンズ |ラフティング,キャニオニング,ロッジ,カフェー&バー
45 Yubiso
Excellent staff providing ski instructions in English, "snow canyoning" and other adventure sports. Check their website for evening events too. Run by Mike, the dread-locked kiwi!
Fantastic ski area, also connected to the Naeba resort, so you can buy tickets for access to both. Take the highway from Minakami Interchange towards Niigata, turn off at Yuzawa. Takes only 25mins.
神马滑雪场
1066 Mikuni
Fantastic ski area, also connected to the Naeba resort, so you can buy tickets for access to both. Take the highway from Minakami Interchange towards Niigata, turn off at Yuzawa. Takes only 25mins.
Another one of many onsens
谷川温泉(水上温泉郷)
Tanigawa
Another one of many onsens
Unquestionably the most beautiful onsen you'll ever visit. This one has mixed baths as well as women only so it is great for couples and families who like to enjoy this beautiful place together.
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Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku
1899 Fujiwara
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Unquestionably the most beautiful onsen you'll ever visit. This one has mixed baths as well as women only so it is great for couples and families who like to enjoy this beautiful place together.
Great bike tours from easy going to insane downhill adventure! Nathan will give you great guidance. He can also combine a biking trip with other adventure sports such as rafting, canyoning etc
MTB Japan
120-1 Yubara
Great bike tours from easy going to insane downhill adventure! Nathan will give you great guidance. He can also combine a biking trip with other adventure sports such as rafting, canyoning etc

Essentials

Huge shopping Mall for groceries, discount clothes, food court, petrol/gas.
Beisia Tsukiyono Mall
482 Shimomoku
Huge shopping Mall for groceries, discount clothes, food court, petrol/gas.

Parks & Nature

Useful information about Tanigawadake, the local mountain.
Minakamimachi Sangaku Museum
809 Yubara
Useful information about Tanigawadake, the local mountain.
Lake Chuzenji (中禅寺湖, Chūzenjiko) is a scenic lake in the mountains above the town of Nikko. It is located at the foot of Mount Nantai, Nikko's sacred volcano, whose eruption blocked the valley below, thereby creating Lake Chuzenji about 20,000 years ago. Chuzenjiko' shores are mostly undeveloped and forested except at the lake's eastern end where the small hot spring town of Chuzenjiko Onsen was built. The town is also the site of Kegon Waterfall, the most famous of several waterfalls in Nikko National Park. Another popular waterfall, Ryuzu Waterfall, is located at the northern shores of Lake Chuzenji where Yukawa River discharges into the lake.
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Lake Chūzenji
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Lake Chuzenji (中禅寺湖, Chūzenjiko) is a scenic lake in the mountains above the town of Nikko. It is located at the foot of Mount Nantai, Nikko's sacred volcano, whose eruption blocked the valley below, thereby creating Lake Chuzenji about 20,000 years ago. Chuzenjiko' shores are mostly undeveloped and forested except at the lake's eastern end where the small hot spring town of Chuzenjiko Onsen was built. The town is also the site of Kegon Waterfall, the most famous of several waterfalls in Nikko National Park. Another popular waterfall, Ryuzu Waterfall, is located at the northern shores of Lake Chuzenji where Yukawa River discharges into the lake.
Lake Haruna (榛名湖 Haruna-ko?) is a caldera lake. It lies near the summit of Mount Haruna, within the city limits of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. A former name for the lake is Lake Ikaho (伊香保沼 Ikaho-numa?). In the summer, the lake is a popular destination for campers. The surface freezes in the winter, and it affords skating and ice fishing for wakasagi. The lake lies a 90-minute bus ride from Takasaki Station. It can be reached in 40 minutes by car from Shibukawa-Ikaho Interchange, #12 on the Kan-Etsu Expressway.
Lake Haruna
Lake Haruna (榛名湖 Haruna-ko?) is a caldera lake. It lies near the summit of Mount Haruna, within the city limits of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. A former name for the lake is Lake Ikaho (伊香保沼 Ikaho-numa?). In the summer, the lake is a popular destination for campers. The surface freezes in the winter, and it affords skating and ice fishing for wakasagi. The lake lies a 90-minute bus ride from Takasaki Station. It can be reached in 40 minutes by car from Shibukawa-Ikaho Interchange, #12 on the Kan-Etsu Expressway.
Oze National Park Japan's Most Extensive Mountain Wetlands, Carpeted in Flowers, Encircled by Famous Peaks Ozegahara
鳩待峠休憩所
898-25 Tokura
Oze National Park Japan's Most Extensive Mountain Wetlands, Carpeted in Flowers, Encircled by Famous Peaks Ozegahara

Arts & Culture

Blow your own glassware! It's a kid friendly place to create your own glass masterpiece! Shops and cafes here too.
月夜野疣公园
737-1 Gokan
Blow your own glassware! It's a kid friendly place to create your own glass masterpiece! Shops and cafes here too.

Food Scene

La Biere is a must! They have the best pizzas I've ever eaten. Oh, and I used to live in Sicily, so I don't throw that accolade around lightly! Their speciality is mushroom pizza, which is delicious - and all others are excellent too. After dinner pop across the road and go down the stairs next door to the ramen shop to enjoy a small friendly karaoke bar!
窯焼きピザの店 ラ・ビエール
681-3 Yubara
La Biere is a must! They have the best pizzas I've ever eaten. Oh, and I used to live in Sicily, so I don't throw that accolade around lightly! Their speciality is mushroom pizza, which is delicious - and all others are excellent too. After dinner pop across the road and go down the stairs next door to the ramen shop to enjoy a small friendly karaoke bar!
Wonderful friendly family run Japanese restaurant, primarily serving sushi but serving pretty much anything else you can dream up, the menu is really just a loose guide. There are traditional tatami floor seating areas and a bar counter area. Great selection of sake. Excellent sushi, but also ask for the tempura mountain vegetables - and also the grilled chicken with yuzu flavour. Be adventurous!
Ichiriki Sushi
811 Yubara
Wonderful friendly family run Japanese restaurant, primarily serving sushi but serving pretty much anything else you can dream up, the menu is really just a loose guide. There are traditional tatami floor seating areas and a bar counter area. Great selection of sake. Excellent sushi, but also ask for the tempura mountain vegetables - and also the grilled chicken with yuzu flavour. Be adventurous!

Getting Around

Kamimoku is the closest local train station. It is on the Joestu line connecting Minakami to Takasaki. Note this is not a shinkansen station. From my house you can walk to Kamimoku station in 20-25 mins.
Kamimoku Station
Kamimoku is the closest local train station. It is on the Joestu line connecting Minakami to Takasaki. Note this is not a shinkansen station. From my house you can walk to Kamimoku station in 20-25 mins.