Get the most excitement on your limited time budget
Due to the limited pages, here is only part of the typical sight-seeing spots and outdoor activity spots. Besides the places that we have introduced, there are still a lot of worth-going spots around. We are always ready to provide you other suggestions and plans according to your time budget and preferences. We hope you feel your trip enjoyable and meaningful.
Apple Picking
Find a pick-your-own farm! Pick some fresh apples and take a bite!
Fresh apples are sweet and juicy! In October, you can pick different varieties of apples such as Akibae, Yoko, Shinano-Sweet, Shinano-Gold, and Shin-sekai. Come and visit to pick fresh and juicy apples!
Kurobe Alpine Route
In celebration of opening traffic of the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route, a ceremony of opening and the ritual praying for the safety and prosperity every year. Back in the day when the age of provincial wars, it is said that, a master of the Toyama castle named Narimasa Sassa who was surrounded by his enemies, he and his followers headed to Ieyasu Tokugawa of Shizuoka, a countrywide famous daimyo – Japanese territorial load -. Narimasa got over the Tateyama Mountain at midwinter as to ask him for help to defeat Hideyoshi Toyotomi together, another daimyo at the war time. Back now, as a popular part of the ceremony, the reproduced warriors’ corps of Narimasa Sassa will kick-off the opening of the Alpine Route.
Kashima-yari Sports Village
One of Hakuba Valley ski ground that has 19 slopes explored by Lake Nakatsuna-ko is located near the south end of Hakuba. The longest runway slope distance is 5 kilometers. The slopes are divided into 2 areas: the upper side and the lower side. It is accessible by car to the both areas. Not only experts but beginners are also able to enjoy skiing and snowboarding. They have wide gentle slopes for beginners as well as long moderate steep slopes for experts.