Hakuba Activity Map

Hakuba Activity Map
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lumberjack

This is a hiking/biking trail around Minekata Ski Area.

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lumberjack top

This is the top of Minekata Ski Area where you can see most of Northern Alps.

[Hakuba Olympic 1998]
Jump Stadium

Ski Jump Site for 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games

[Hakuba Activity Bike]
Suspension Bridge

You can see some of Apls through the bridge. This bridge is within the Hakuba Komichi Bike Trail.

[Hakuba Activity Hike]
Iwatake

Trail head for Shinanoji Nature Trail

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Iwatake Peak

Top of Iwatake Ski Area. Best view poing for Alps on Western side.

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Honoki-Daira

It is a clearing on the way to Iwatake peak. Good place to catch a breath. There is a picnic table.+

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Kusugawa

This is the other side of the trail. You can get here by a bus from Hakuba station.

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K's House Hakuba Alps

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Here we are!!

[Hakuba Activity Hike]
Lake Kizaki

One of Nishina 3 lakes. There is a loop bike/waking trail around the lake. Nere by JR station is Shinano Kizaki.

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Little Bear

Top of Little bear or kogumayama hiking trail. You can see Azumino-daira flats from here. The view point for the lake is a little bit farther.

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WetLand

Himekawa river headwater park and Ohmi wetland. You can clearly see where the source of water is.

[Hakuba Olympic]
Snow Harp X-country Stadium

This is a X-country ski stadium for 1998 winter olympic games. It is free to use for individuals.
It is a good MTB trail in summer time.

[Hakuba Activity Bike]
kazakirijizou

Gardian deity for protection from bad wind which affect havesting of crops in Hakuba area. There are 2 more kazakiri jizo in this area and they are lined up in a single straigh line.

[Hakuba Activity Extream]
Ohmachi sk8 park

This sk8 park have been built up by bunch of hardcore sk8s from the area. It is free to use and you can borrow all of protective gear such as helmets pads for free as well.

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Obinata-no-yu

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This is one of nicest outside spa in Hakuba. They are open only between March and November.

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Otari-onsen

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It is like a hidden treasure. It takes about an hour if you are driving or 2 hours if you are taking train and bus. No charge but you can put some donation in a box.

[Hakuba Activity Hike]
Goryu Tohmi

This is our backyard and on the way to Goryu-dake which has elevation of over 2500m. You can take gondola ride to the top of Gryou Ski Area and hike up the rest.

[Hakuba Activity MTB]
Hakuba Highland Ski Area

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This is much smaller ski area compare to ones on west side. There is a secret passage way from top of the ski hill which takes you to another ski hill called Minakata. It is on south side of the hill. It would be a nice hiking trail. Be careful if you are on MTB. There are pretty steep up and down hill on the way. Bring you helmet glaves and other protective gears with you.

[Hakuba Activity MTB]
Ichiya-san

This is a pretty small mountain in our back yard. It is more of hill than mountain. Nice short waling trail but turns into a hardcore bike trail if you are on a MTB.

[Hakuba Activity Hike]
Karayama Pass

This is an ancient trail to Nagano from Hakuba.

[Hakuba Activity Bike]
Hakuba Komichi Bike Trail

This is about 30km bike trail in Hakuba Valley. Mostly flat as long as you stick with marked area.

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Lake Aokiko

This is one of Nishina 3 lakes and the biggest, deepest and most clear. There is a loop bike trail around it.

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Air Field

If you can not wait for snowfall come to Air Field to hack. It is pretty simple you put you ski/snowboad gear and hit a kicker and landing heated pool. It is much less painful than falling on ice. Lets giva a shot.

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Paragliding

I haven't done it yet because I am scared of hight?! You can try tandem to start with.

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Wing 21

There are climbing walls by Wing 21 gym.

[Hakuba Activity Bike]
Minekata Shrine

This shrine has bunch of might cedar trees. The oldest one is supposed to be over 1000 years old.

[Hakuba Activity Bike]
Shirasawa Pass

Not too many people know about this view point. Too bad it wasn't sunny when I went there. There is a trail that takes you to highest point of the pass.

[Hakuba Activity Hike]
Hakuba Sanroku Botanical Garden

There are two places you can visit in this area. One is botanical garden another one is nature park. You can see some fire flies between July and August around dusk.

[Hakuba Activity Bike]
Teirinji Temple

This temple has a 500-year-old cherry tree. It is out of season but it was so beautiful when it was full bloom in May

[Hakuba Activity MTB]
Hakuba 47 Ski Area

This is one of our local ski hills in Hakuba. They have started 2006 summer operation since July 1st. There used to be a sk8 park but it was gone. You can still do MTB downhill ride hiking etc.

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Jizo-no-atama

This is a small peak before you are going into real trail. There is a chair lift which goes right below the small peak. You can still see most of Hakuba and might see other mountain range in front of you if it's sunny.

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Happo-Ike

This is one of top 3 easy hiking trail in the area. You can take a gondola ride and other two chier lift to get to the trail head. It costs you 2600 yen regular or 2260 yen if you buy a ticket in advance. You can see Hakuba 3 really close. And if you are lucky enough you might see reflection of the mountains on the pond.

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Kazafuki Lake

It is a little bit harder to get this lake because no public transportation gets there. You can take a cab from near by JR station. It takes about 2 hours to get the lake from its trailhead. There is alpine medow up there and temperature is about 5 degree cooler than the bottom of valley. It is worth a visit.

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Tsugaike Nature Park

This is part of Chubu-sangaku national park. You need to take a gondola and another cable car to get here. Most of trail within a park is flat but some steep pitch exist so be prepared. You can see Hakuba mountain range as well as permanent snow patch or snowgorge from here. You can even hike up to Hakuba-norikura dake from here.

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Goodies

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This place is run by Otari village. You can buy localy grown vegeis, souvenirs etc. There is also a small restarurant and you can taste soba or buckwheat needle.

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Renge-Onsen Spa

This is a geothermal area with in Chubu-sangaku national park. You can take a bus ride from near by JR station and it takes a little bit more than one hour from the station. There is a hut which serves 2 meals and has a bath house as well as outside hot tub. It is a challenge for girls due to luck of facility to dip into outside hot tub.

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Ohnagiyama

This mountain lacate at the highest point of road to Otari Onsen spa. The sign at the trail head says "Ohnagiyama walking trail" But it is not much of "walking" trail more of "hiking or trecking" trail. If you are the first timer to this mountain with your favorite sandales on you will regret what you have done. You can see Amakazari yama right in front of you from the peak of Ohnagiyama.

[Otari Activity Hike]
Ohami Pass

This pas is part of Shionomichi trail aka salt path. Ancient people used this path to send product from sea of Japan to inland or vice versa. There is a story about 2 famous war lords related to this path.

[Otari Activity Hike]
Renge-Onsen Trail

There is a walking trail near by Renge-onsen spa. It is a 4-km tril with lots of up and down. You can see northern end of Hakuba mountain range from view point whenever it is sunny which had never happend to me though. You can see double-decker water fall if you have a pair of binoculars or camera with good zoom function. It took me just about an hour to do the loop. You can always jump into outside hot tub aka rotenburo afterward.

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Kama-ike

There is a lake in Otari Onsen spa area called Kamaike. Used to be really quiet all year around just because it was really difficult to get there by car. But it became very popular destination for elder amature photographers for shooting the lake. The is a loop walking trail around the lake but you get stuck in the middle because of way too many photo people. We used to camp around here when we were still in elementary school. It is getting popular for snow shoer in earily spring. There is an organized snow shoe tour run by the owner of Yamada Ryokan.

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Amakazari-yama

Amakazari-yama is listed as one of Japan's 100 top (famous) mountaions. It has got elevation of only 1963m which is lot smaller if you compare to other mountains in this part of Japan. View from Arasuge-zawa with snow gorge in the middle is well know. You are going through varialble landscape on the way to peak. It gets really busy during "autumn colour of leaves " season.

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Hieda-yama

This is the one of top 3 biggest landslide of Japan. There is a hiking trail starts from bottom of this land slide to take you up to Hakuba-dake. You can look down this landslide on the way.

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Japan Sea

It is not too far away to get to Japan Sea from Hakuba. It is less than an hour drive or 1hour and 45min train ride to get to the closest beach. You can see beautiful sunset along the coast. There is a strip mall by Hokuriku express way. You can have decent sea food meal at the restaurant within.

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Hakuba-O-Hashi Bridge

The view from this bridge is listed as one of top 100 view from road side of Japan. This photo was taken on the day of first snow fall on the Northern Japan Alps.