| Name of place |
What kind of place? |
How to get there from Hayaokidori? |
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Goryu trekking cource
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A cource to walk up to Kotoomi in 90 miutes from
the upper station of telecabbin.
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15 minutes on foot to the lower side of station of
telecabbin.
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Himekawa cycling road.
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Cycling road along the Himekawa river.
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3 minutes by bicycle.
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Hakuba blueberry garden.
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You can pick up blueberry in summer.
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3 minutes by car.
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Natural garden at the source of Himekawa river.
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Amur adonises and skunk cabbeges are in bloom from
April to May.
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3 minutes' walk after 5 minutes' driving.
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Green sports forest.
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An attraction especially for children. There is a
jungle gym, a pond to fish and rafting.
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5 minutes by car.
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Takenoyu(Hot spring)
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A spa in front of the Green sports forest.
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5 minutes by car.
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Hakuba folkcraft museum.
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Exhibitions in old and ancient life style in this
area.
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5 minutes by car.
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House of Ceramic art "Mokudo".
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Lessons to create ceramic art. Reservation is obligatory.
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3 minutes by car.
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Mimizukunoyu
(Hot spring)
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A spa near the Hakuba station.
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7-8 minutes by car.
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Obinatanoyu
(Hot spring)
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A spa without roof, closed during winter
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12 minutes by car.
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Wadano church
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You can ring a wedding bell.
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15 minutes by car.
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Hakuba museum.
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Exhibitions the works of Chagall.
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10 minutes by car.
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Matsukawa bridge.
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A place for good mountain view of 3 symbolic mountains
in Hakuba. Recommendable for sketching.
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10 minutes by car.
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| Hakuba foothills botanical
gardens. |
More than 500 kinds of plants in fields and mountains
will be usually sold there. Blueberry jam and Hakuba
Bruto which are special products in Hakuba are also
sold. |
3-5 minutes to the guest house there by car. 12 minutes
on foot. Free for entrance. |
| Nakamura's
straw roof house |
An exhibition of old styled private house.
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10 minutes by car. |
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Tsugaike natural garden.
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Skunk cabbages in early summer,alpine plants in summer,
red and yellow leaves in autumn.
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Ropeway and telecabbin after 25 minutes' driving.
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Lake Aoki
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The largest lake of this area, has 87 meters of depth
in maximum. The color of water turns several ways
to amber,emelard by points or time. Kayak available
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7-8 minutes by car.
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Lake Nakatsuna.
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A very small lake in front of Yanaba sta. It seems
to be a good point to fish.
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10 minutes by car.
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Lake Kizaki.
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You can swim, enjoy canoe, windsurfing there. Water
ski, windsurfing available.
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15 minutes by car.
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Oomachi mountain museum.
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It is only place to watch thunderbirds to be kept.
Also exhibitions the bords and boots of old days skiing.
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25 minutes by car.
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Matsukawa strawberry garden.
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You can pick up strawberry through the year.
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50 minutes by car.
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Dragonfly museum.
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Exbitions of tombodama. It is not dragonfly, something
like ball of dragonfly. No idea why it has been getting
to be called so.
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60 minutes by car.
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Tateyama
Kurobe alpine route
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It is only route links to Toyama pref with Nagano
prer crossing the North alps of Japan. You can see
wild thunderbirds around Murodou. The Kurobe 4th dam
is also located in this route.
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80 minutes to Kurobe 4th dam by car and trolley bus
service. Closed during winter.
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Matsumoto
castle.
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One of national treasure. As it looks real black,
is also called " crow castle".
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70 minutes by car.
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Kamikochi
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A famous scenic spot. The beauty of Azusa river,
Taisyou pond, Mt. Hotaka.... Strongly recommandable
to visit.
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100-120 minutes to Sawando, you must catch a taxi
or bus services to Kamikochi there as usual private
car are not permitted to enter Kamikochi through the
year. It usually takes 30 minutes or so from Sawando
to Kamikochi, but sometimes it does more than 2 hours
especially busy season. Closed during winter.
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| Ukiyoe musium |
Ukiyoe means "the picture of buoyant and joyful
world" and incorporates in its meaning the common
man's daily pleasures, such as Kabuki plays, Geisha
houses, and so on. |
70 minutes by car. |
| Zenkouji
temple. |
People old days seemed to go there pulled by cow.
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60 minutes by car. |
| Snow monkey |
Monkeys get in an onsen (hot spring) even in the snow.
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1hour bus ride, then 50 minutes train ride plus 10
minutes bus ride and a half an hour walk. |
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Train gallery
NAGANO
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3,000 of 1/80(HO gauge scale of model coarches are
there. The biggest class of train museum in Japan.
12 trains can be in motion at the same time on the
rails that have 500 meters in length. A Japanese restaurant
is put side by side.
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70-90 minutes by car.
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Togakushi
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One of native province of Ninja(a professional spy
in feudal Japan, highly trained in stealth and secrecy).
An attraction something like zone of ninja for children.Togakushi
is famous for the production of soba which is one
of our traditional noodle. There are some shops where
you can eat soba, can purchase folk pieces made from
bamboo or rattan. Lots of wild birds live there.
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75 minutes by car
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Okususobana
nature park.
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810 thousands of skunk cabbeges are in bloom at the
second half of May.
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60 minutes by car.
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