Around my house

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Around my house

Parks & Nature

Best puffy snowed ski resort, huge but very locally mood, almost private use... 5,500 one day pass. Easy access from snow monkey bus stop 800yen return.
7 locals recommend
Shiga Kogen
7148 Hirao
7 locals recommend
Best puffy snowed ski resort, huge but very locally mood, almost private use... 5,500 one day pass. Easy access from snow monkey bus stop 800yen return.
Yakebitaiyama Ski area
志賀高原焼額山
Shigakogen Yama no eki
Yokoteyama Shibutoge Ski Area
7148 Hirao
End point of bus stop, the ski center has all equipment rent shop, snow shoeing, restaurants and ski school. If you’re beginner or need ski school, I recommend here. Here has forefinger instructors.
Okushiga Kogen Ski Resort
Hirao
End point of bus stop, the ski center has all equipment rent shop, snow shoeing, restaurants and ski school. If you’re beginner or need ski school, I recommend here. Here has forefinger instructors.

Food Scene

coffee, sushi, and ramen. Snow monkey park nearby.
Enza Cafe
1421-1 Hirao
coffee, sushi, and ramen. Snow monkey park nearby.
Highly recommended good beers and foods. 23:00 closed.
The Farmhouse
1403-2 Hirao
Highly recommended good beers and foods. 23:00 closed.
Multiple supermarket whatever you want. Foods, simple cheap clothes n stuffs, pharmacy.
イオン中野店
252-1 Ippongi
Multiple supermarket whatever you want. Foods, simple cheap clothes n stuffs, pharmacy.
15 mins drive from my house. Foods n alcohol to buy. many local products.
Tsuruya Ippongi
15 mins drive from my house. Foods n alcohol to buy. many local products.
Very locally restaurant opens lunch and dinner with many kind of Japanese typical cuisines. Heavy meal and cheap. Car needed.
Sekiei Drive-in Restaurant
Very locally restaurant opens lunch and dinner with many kind of Japanese typical cuisines. Heavy meal and cheap. Car needed.
Ramen and Tonkatsu restaurant opens until 23:00. Yudanaka station nearby.
Fukutora
Ramen and Tonkatsu restaurant opens until 23:00. Yudanaka station nearby.
Next to Tsuruya supermarket. Large several kinds of Ramen provided.
らぅめん助屋 中野本店
Next to Tsuruya supermarket. Large several kinds of Ramen provided.
Easy snacks and alcohol near Yudanaka train station.
D-LINE
Easy snacks and alcohol near Yudanaka train station.

Getting Around

Transportation
Basically I don't recommend to take a train where is away to/from my house . If you arrive late or leave early morning, this is another option transport but taxi needed.
Yudanaka Station
Hirao
Basically I don't recommend to take a train where is away to/from my house . If you arrive late or leave early morning, this is another option transport but taxi needed.
Bus stop to/from Nagano station, Shiga Kogen, and Yudanaka train station.
Bus Stop for Snow Monkey Park
Hirao
Bus stop to/from Nagano station, Shiga Kogen, and Yudanaka train station.

Essentials

Great out bath hot spring. 10 mins walk from my house. 10:00-21:00, 500yen. Wed. closed.
Waku Waku Onsen
821 Hirao
Great out bath hot spring. 10 mins walk from my house. 10:00-21:00, 500yen. Wed. closed.
The compact local hot spring behind the station costs 300 yen. 20:30 closes. There is a free footbath outside.
Yudanaka Station Front Kaede Hot Spring
3227-1 Hirao
The compact local hot spring behind the station costs 300 yen. 20:30 closes. There is a free footbath outside.

Neighbour towns

Obuse is a small town, it takes 20 mins from Yudanaka by train, but it is characterized by historical buildings, cultural assets, and a beautiful townscape. Must visit Iwamatsu-in, which has paintings by Hokusai.
Gansho-in
615 Karida
Obuse is a small town, it takes 20 mins from Yudanaka by train, but it is characterized by historical buildings, cultural assets, and a beautiful townscape. Must visit Iwamatsu-in, which has paintings by Hokusai.
8 locals recommend
Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort
Toyosato
8 locals recommend
38 locals recommend
Zenko-ji Temple
Motoyoshichō-491 Naganomotoyoshichō
38 locals recommend
Togakushi Shrine Okusha (Main Shrine) Zuishinmon
YAMABOKU Wild Snow Park

Sightseeing

It's a hot spring community where historic buildings stand side by side in a compact area. There is a gorgeous hotel that was the stage of a film "Spirited Away". Anyone can use the 9th Oyu.
Shibu Hot Spring
It's a hot spring community where historic buildings stand side by side in a compact area. There is a gorgeous hotel that was the stage of a film "Spirited Away". Anyone can use the 9th Oyu.
36 locals recommend
Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park
6845 Hirao
36 locals recommend
Town SAKE brewery, you can taste some kind of sake. Also the famous Shiga Kogen craft beer is also made here.
Tamamura Honten
1163 Hirao
Town SAKE brewery, you can taste some kind of sake. Also the famous Shiga Kogen craft beer is also made here.

Traveler advice

Ways to save

Bus or Train

Most of foreigner tourists have JR pass. If you stay longer each town, Highway-bus must be cheaper. Check it out "Willer Bus", it takes 4 hours to Nagano from Tokyo but 2,000 yen! Also between Kyoto/Osaka and this town, night bus brings youwith 5,500 yen.