Maple Syrup Making in Matsudai
If you head into the mountains of Matsudai in mid-winter you can take part in a snowshoe tour with a difference. There is a section of...
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Mar 17, 20212 min read
All Natural Japanese Cuisine at Satoyama Jujo
Satoyama Jujo is highly regarded for its cuisine, and rightly so. Some of the ingredients on your plate as you enjoy your dinner at the...
Mar 10, 20213 min read
The Old People Hate the Snow!
As you travel around Yukiguni and interact with the locals at the ryokans that are part of Timeless Yukiguni, an often heard refrain is...
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Delicacies Grilled on a Sword Point at Tatsumikan
The food at any ryokan in Japan is a feast to be heartily enjoyed, and one of the highlights of any stay. As you travel around the...
Feb 17, 20212 min read
Everybody Hates Anbo...?
One of the highlights of a trip to Yukiguni is without doubt the food. Whether you are enjoying a kaiseki banquet in your ryokan, or...
Feb 3, 20212 min read
Protecting the Food Culture of Yukiguni
A-kyu Gourmet is a project started in the Yukiguni region that aims to protect the unique food cultures that can be found here. Many of...
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 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...
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 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 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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