highlights and activities Nakanojo Biennale , Contemporary Art Exhibition
Nakanojo Biennale is a big contemporary art festival held once in two years at Shima Onsen and it’s around town, Nakanoj...
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Tips and FAQ Fascinating less traveled countryside and rural areas in Japan
Lately, tourists from foreign countries seem to like to go to the countryside, or rural areas more than sticking to the ...
Tips and FAQ Let’s travel to Shima Onsen with a money-saving Japan Rail Pass
Shima Onsen is in a rural Onsen resort area near Tokyo ( about 150 km north of Tokyo). There are several ways to get fro...
Ryokan Dinner Menu for Winter is now available.
There are lots of delicious vegetables in Gunma. Including those vegetables, lots of prefecture's and winter ingredients...
Shima Onsen Torioi Matsuri (Bird Catcher Festival) and Dondo Fire Festival
There are some traditional festivals that have spread around at Shima Onsen and around Nakanojo. As for them, I will int...
Shima Onsen Drive trip in a car. Watch out road closures during winter.
In my previous blog, I wrote an article to recommend using a rental car for traveling areas close to airports and major ...
Cuisine The autumn version for Dinner Menu
Autumn of harvest. Gunma also celebrate the time of harvest with a lot of vegetables and mushrooms. With Akagi chikens a...
highlights and activities Autumn leaves. The Japanese natural highlights, along with cherry-blossom viewing
Oku-shima area Japan has distinctive four seasons of spring, summer, fall and winter. In addition, Japanese people have ...
Cuisine The summer version for Dinner Menu
Now, we are offering the summer version for Dinner Menu. Summer Menu 2016 Is a menu, with which you can spend a cool and...
Shima Onsen Shima Blue is the treasure of Shima Onsen, which we are proud of in the world
As you can know because it is inside Joshinetsu Kogen National Park, Shima Onsen is the treasure box with rich nature. I...