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Sightseeing in Snow Country

Niigata (the prefecture in which Yuzawa is located) is well-known as the home of great Japanese sake, or (often called nihonshu in Japan) thanks to its high-quality rice, which happens to be one of sake's main ingredients.

From the Staff
There are currently 95 different sake breweries in Niigata. Here you can try the representative brew from each.

If you happen to fancy one of the brands you've tried, you can pick up a bottle right there in the shop. You can also sample locally produced snacks for free.

Sake Tasting Corner Business Hours
April - December: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Admittance until 5:45 p.m.)
January - March: 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Admittance until 7:45 p.m.)

Echigo no Oyado Inamoto	Located in the center of the hot spring resort town, we have good access to public transportation - a two-minute walk to the railroad station, and a five-minute drive to the Kanetsu Express Way Interchange. Our wooden open-air bathtubs made of hinoki or Japanese cypress, are very popular and the water comes from an abundantly flowing, naturally occurring hot spring.	fromJPY 28,800
Naspa New Otani	A large-scale resort hotel run by Hotel New Otani Group. Large and comfortable spaces are provided for the guests to relax in.（Besides please contact it after a reservation about a rate of child）	fromJPY 26,200
Hotel Futaba	Our Japanese-style inn is located on a hill in Echigo-yuzawa spa resort. The theme of the hotel is water. The food menu changes every season, and we use only the freshest seasonal ingredients.	fromJPY 24,400
Shosenkaku Kagetsu	We welcome you with heartfelt service in a very pleasant atmosphere where you can feel right at home. You can enjoy hot spring bathing and we also serve delicious home-cooked meals.	fromJPY 33,600
Kaikake Onsen	We are located in 90 minutes distance from Tokyo Station, and a solitary inn surrounded by nature in Oku-Yuzawa National Park. You can enjoy new green leaves in spring, fireflies in summer, beautiful colored leaves in autumn, and snow and skiing in winter.	fromJPY 32,000
Naeba Prince Hotel	Next to the ski lifts, Naeba Prince Hotel is conveniently located with easy access to ski slopes. In summer, the location of the hotel is good for warm weather activities such as trekking and golf. Guests can enjoy a ride on the gondola, an aerial lift, and a view of Naeba.	fromJPY 16,100
Yuzawa New Otani Hotel	Open-air bath, Hisui (jade) bath and chartered hinoki-buro (a cypress bath)... After enjoy bathing, local sake and dishes are also to be appreciated.	fromJPY 24,800
Yuzawa Grand Hotel	Located in the center of hot spring resort in front of JR Echigo Yuzawa Station. Renewed bath in the annex is also popular now.	fromJPY 19,800
Yukiguni no Yado Takahan	You can see the Kasumi Room where Nobel Literature Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari stayed and wrote "Yukiguni (Snow Country)" and also the literature museum. See the natural hot spring that has been gushing out for over eight hundred years relaxing visitors.	fromJPY 27,800
Otowaya Ryokan	Our ryokan (Japanese inn) has the unique theme of Kabuki, a Japanese traditional performing art. We are pleased to welcome you to our cozy and tidy hotel, which offers an original dinner menu comprised of fresh seasonal ingredients.	fromJPY 30,450
Takanoya	This family-run inn serves up delicious, special local rice, Yuzawa country-style cooking, and rice dumpling hot pot, all of which are very popular among guests. The relaxing hot spring baths are open all night.	fromJPY 14,700

Hegi Soba
This local specialty features a flavor that can only be enjoyed here. Hegi Soba is eaten by grabbing a bundle of soba noodles with your chopsticks and dipping them in a rich, soy sauce-base dipping sauce. At the soba restaurants, you can enjoy the dish even more by adding tempura fried shrimp and vegetables for a tasty, crunchy complement to the noodles. At the end of the meal, you can ask for sobayu, the soup used to boil your noodles, which you can then pour into your remaining dipping sauce. Drinking this light-bodied, warm concoction is a good way to finish the meal and warm your body.

Bijin Bayashi Forest
This thick forest of 80-year-old Japanese beech trees is so beautiful that it gained the name "Bijin Bayashi," which literally means "beautiful woman forest," likening the beauty of the forest to that of a beautiful woman. It is of course gorgeous during the snowy season, but it is also particularly striking in the fall when the leaves change to vibrant shades of yellow and orange from the end of October.

Belnatio	Belnatio means beautiful homeland in Italian. The hotel is set amongst vast spanning nature and offers various activities as well as a relaxing onsen.	fromJPY 20,000
Ryugon	Magnificent wooden houses are used for our hotel. Enjoy the traditional atmosphere.（Please be acknowledged that taxes for hot spring facilities and use of accommodation are settled apart by cash in Japanese Yen (JPY) (Other currencies and payments by credit card are not accepted).	fromJPY 58,200
Hinanoyado Chitose	This hotel is set in an onsen resort area surrounded by nostalgic mountain rice paddies and a beech tree forest. Guests can look forward to relaxing in the hotel's kakenagashi onsen (the water is pumped as-is from the source), which is said to be a 10,000,000 year old fossilized seawater hot spring.	fromJPY 25,800

Located at the heart of the region at a lofty elevation is the Tenjin Ski Resort, where the slopes are typically ski-worthy from the end of November all the way until as long as the beginning of May. With skis, snowboards, and the accompanying attire all available for rent on-site, you can get your fill of winter sports without the hassle of lugging around unwieldy baggage.

From spring to fall, there is a wide range of activities to enjoy. Sliding down a small waterfall while going canyoning downriver, getting a thrill with bungee jumping, and more; this area offers experiences you won't find elsewhere.

Tatsumikan	Our peaceful ryokan (Japanese-style hotel ) with hot spring follows the Tonegawa River and you can see Mt. Tanigawadake in the distance. In addition to a bath with a large wall-painting by Yamashita Kiyoshi (a famous Japanese painter) and an open-air bath; our food, eaten by the fire, is also famous.	fromJPY 15,200
Houshi Onsen Chojukan	Kobo Daishi is said to have discovered this hot spring, giving it the nickname of 'Hoshi Onsen (hot spring)' .There is a large bath, open-air baths with water gushing out directly below them, and a bath for women.	fromJPY 33,800
Minakami Hotel Juraku	Located in the center of the hot spring town. From here, the limpid streams in Okutone and Mt. Tanigawadake can be seen. You can fully appreciate the beauty of the nature and the characteristics of the seasons here in Japan.	fromJPY 24,200
Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku	A ryokan (Japanese-style hotel) standing by the uppermost stream of Tone River, surrounded by nature. This secluded hot spring resort has a wide variety of gorgeous outdoor baths, some of which can be used by both men and women. A long time ago, the area was well known for the baby bears that would come and bathe in its waters.	fromJPY 22,200
Kizukuri no Yado Shosenkaku	We offer warm hospitality within the surrounds of our wooden structured cozy inn.	fromJPY 58,800

[ Hotel, Traditional, Winter | published 2012.02.14 | PermaLink ]

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