The Snow Country Region attracts thousands of skiers and snowboarders each winter who come to enjoy the great snow in the many ski...

Someone once told me that the best festivals in Japan are the ones that are on a fixed date every year. These are the ones with long...

We’ve spent the last couple of days on the fascinating Snow Country Culture Workshop Autumn Edition, during which time we have learned...

Bokushi Suzuki visited the Akiyama region in 1818 and was charmed by this mountainous region. He wrote about his travels there in...

One of the fascinating things about life in Snow Country is that there are traditional ways of life still carrying on today. Foraging for...

The artist Tsuyoshi Hayatsu was born in Muikamachi in 1938. For the past 40 years he has been painting traditional houses in Snow...

There are many traditional techniques that are still in use in present day Snow Country. One of the most visually stunning that we have...

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,...

Yukigakoi  (雪囲い） is snow protection. The weight of the winter snow can push in windows, break shrubs, or snap branches of trees. As...