Feeling rich nature of Minakami Hot Spring Village Old and good Japanese traditional experiences on the tatami

In Japan, there are a lot of hot spring spots, and people can be relaxed by taking a large bath,
enjoying beautiful seasonable views, eating Japanese foods that are awesome to look and taste, and taking a rest with a futon on the tatami in a Japanese room.

These healing moments attract a lot of tourists from within Japan and abroad.

One of them is
“Minakami Hot Spring Village”
where is located in Minakami town, Gunma, and it faces with beautiful Tone-gawa River and rich nature.

Mt. Tanigawadake is able to go up to an elevation of 833 meters by the ropeway and the lift,
and it rises like watching over the Minakami Hot Spring Village.
People are able to climb the mountain as they are enjoying the beautiful view and enjoy skiing with
good snows, so that it’s famous as the best tourist spot in Minakami.

Minakami Hot Spring has old shopping streets where have good and retro atmosphere.
A roadside station
“Takuminosato”
is located from a bit far away from the hot spring town, and this is a tourist facility to
enjoy old and good Japanese traditions through activities like making Japanese sandals or straw sandals
from “straw” that is a material used as a life tool for a long time in Japan, making Soba (buckwheat noodle),
Udon (wheat noodle), and Mochi (rice cake).

There are accommodations like
“A Farmer experience house Kouundai”
and it’s able to stay to feel the history and traditions from the Edo Period by the fireplace,
the tatami, the Goemon bathtub, and so on.

Minakami Hot Spring Village is located about two hours from Tokyo, and it’s able to feel Japan with rich nature.
Surely people are able to spend luxury time.

Source of photos:
http://takuminosato.jp/index.php?itemid=49#stay

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