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...

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...

As you travel around Yukiguni and interact with the locals at the ryokans that are part of Timeless Yukiguni, an often heard refrain is...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...