Minakami Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in Tone district, Gunma prefecture, Japan
About Minakami
The town, which includes Minakami Hot Spring Village, commands superb views of Mt. Tanigawa, Mt. Hotaka, and Mt. Shibutsu. Adventurous visitors can enjoy outdoor sports such as rafting. But if you plan to do some mountain-climbing during your visit, be aware that Mt. Tanigawa has the Guinness world record for the most deaths while climbing! Tenjindaira , or Tenjin Temple, is renowned for receiving massive amounts of snow, and during the 2014-2015 season it scored 17 metres of snow! Tenjin Daira is an old Japanese word meaning “powder paradise”. OK, maybe that’s not quite a literal translation, but “tenjin” does refer to the God of the Sky and Weather, and Mt. Tanigawa's Tenjin Temple certainly gets the weather in full force – all that snow doesn’t come from out of the blue! Meanwhile the M
Where to Stay in Minakami
- 🏨Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku
- 🏨Tanigawadake Raspberry Youth Hostel
Minakami Travel Guide Sections
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