Winter Tours in Snow Country
The Snow Country Region attracts thousands of skiers and snowboarders each winter who come to enjoy the great snow in the many ski...
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Sep 28, 20181 min read
Flavors of Gastronomy Tourism
The new rice is coming in and the mushrooms are coming out. Right now is an amazing time for enjoying food before the winter snows...
Aug 7, 20181 min read
Tempura Flowers
One of the joys of living in Japan is the sheer variety of food. Out in the countryside in regions like Snow Country there is an...
Apr 25, 20181 min read
Snow Country Gastronomy
The food culture in Snow Country has been shaped by weather and environment to produce a very distinct cycle. After a long winter buried...
Nov 14, 20175 min read
N37 Snow Country Culture Workshop
We’ve spent the last couple of days on the fascinating Snow Country Culture Workshop Autumn Edition, during which time we have learned...
Nov 8, 20172 min read
Mushroom Hunting in Sakae Village
Using the surrounding mountains and forests as a source of food has been a tradition in Snow Country for as long as humans have been...
Sep 20, 20171 min read
Japanese Sweetfish – a taste of summer
Temperatures are cooling down and the season of summer festivals has almost come to an end for another year. One of the favourite summer...
Jul 5, 20172 min read
Foraging for Bamboo Shoots
The spring mountain vegetable season has finished but that does not mean that the mountains of Snow Country have stopped providing. When...
May 31, 20171 min read
Rural Experiences in Akiyamago
Bokushi Suzuki visited the Akiyama region in 1818 and was charmed by this mountainous region. He wrote about his travels there in...
May 6, 20171 min read
Matagi / Hunters
One of the fascinating things about life in Snow Country is that there are traditional ways of life still carrying on today. Foraging for...
Apr 27, 20172 min read
Cherry Blossoms in Snow Country
The arrival of the cherry blossom season is a big event in the whole of Japan as it heralds the arrival of spring, and symbolises the...
Feb 16, 20172 min read
Carrots from Under the Snow
Every area of Japan is incredible proud of its local produce. The fruit and vegetables that are grown tend to be of a very high quality,...
Dec 4, 20165 min read
Jomon / Snow Country Tour
What does a five thousand year old intricately decorated pot have to do with life today? Surprisingly, a great deal. This, and many other...
Oct 14, 20162 min read
Mountain Foraging in Fall
Food is one of the main things that visitors look forward to when they come to Japan. Each area of Japan has a rich food culture, and...
Oct 6, 20161 min read
River Fish in Urasa
On the banks of the river close to Urasa Station is a little restaurant that specialises in fish from the waters just beyond the terrace...
Oct 4, 20161 min read
Majidon Food Festival in Minami Uonuma
The new rice is being harvested at the moment so all the restaurants are full of diners enjoying this year’s koshihikari rice. There is...
Sep 12, 20163 min read
Luxury Snow Country Tour
As well as the main Snow Country Tourist Information Office, each of the seven areas of the Snow Country Tourism Zone have their own...
Sep 7, 20161 min read
Fall in Snow Country
August has ended and as we move into September it feels like summer is drawing to a close. People’s thoughts turn to the approaching...
Jul 6, 20161 min read
Fruit Picking in Snow Country
Summer is here and the farmers of Snow Country are hard at work in their fields and orchards. One of the joys of this season is all the...
Jun 24, 20163 min read
Naeba-Sanroku Geopark 2
More info from the Naeba-Sanroku Geopark Guide Map, carrying on from the Naeba-Sanroku Geopark 1 post. Human History of Naeba-Sanroku...
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