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

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...

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...

The food culture in Snow Country has been shaped by weather and environment to produce a very distinct cycle. After a long winter buried...

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

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...

Temperatures are cooling down and the season of summer festivals has almost come to an end for another year. One of the favourite summer...

The spring mountain vegetable season has finished but that does not mean that the mountains of Snow Country have stopped providing. When...

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 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...

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,...

What does a five thousand year old intricately decorated pot have to do with life today? Surprisingly, a great deal. This, and many other...

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...

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...

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...

As well as the main Snow Country Tourist Information Office, each of the seven areas of the Snow Country Tourism Zone have their own...

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...

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...

More info from the Naeba-Sanroku Geopark Guide Map, carrying on from the Naeba-Sanroku Geopark 1 post. Human History of Naeba-Sanroku...