Minakami · Gunma
Lake Akaya & Sarugakyō Onsen
赤谷湖・猿ヶ京温泉
A dam lake under steep rocky ridges, dusted with snow in winter. The quiet hot spring area above it sits on the old road to Niigata, with a lakeside walking path below.
Local tip: Many inns have lake views from the bath.
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Tanashita Fudō Falls
棚下不動の滝
Shibukawa
A pair of waterfalls in the forest above the Tone River, long honored as a place of worship.
~2h30 from Tokyo NatureHiking Visited by our team
Shimagawa Dam
四万川ダム
Nakanojo
Walk the top of a stone-faced dam finished in 1999 and look straight down into a green river valley.
~3h from Tokyo Nature Visited by our team
Glamping domes on the Akagi slopes
赤城 グランピング
Akagi, Maebashi area
White domes strung with warm lights on a hillside facing west across the Kanto Plain.
~2h from Tokyo Places to stayNature Visited by our team