Activities
World Cultural Heritage “Shirakawa-go Gassho Style Village (about 20 minutes drive from RyoriYado Miboro)
http://www.shirakawa-go.gr.jp
- Shirakawa-go: Visitors are welcomed by beautiful scenery at all seasons.
- Winter in Shirakawa-go is loved by many.
- The view from the lookout.
Miboro Dam Side Park (about 2 minutes by car from RyoriYado Miboro.)
J-POWER/Electric Power Development Co.,Ltd. Website http://www.sakura.jpower.co.jp/
- Top of the banks (133m high / 405m long) of Rock-fill style dam is accessible for walking.
- Miboroko Lake is very beautiful with morning dew / full moon.
- Dam Side Park Open Hours: 10:00 – 17:00
Admission Fee: Free
Closed on Wednesdays
Pictures provided by (credit) J-POWER/Electric Power Development Co.,Ltd.
National Important Cultural Property, Old Tohyama Family Ethnic Museum (about 2 mins form RyoriYado Miboro) Admission Fee: 300 JPY
Shirakawa-go Tourism Association Website http://www.shirakawa-go.gr.jp/details/?m=6&i=70
- The late head of our family was adopted from Tohyama Family.It is recommended for visitors who prefer to do Gassho Style House tour quietly and privately.
- This is the biggest as Gassho Style House. Once, there were used to 48 residents.
- People used to thrash barnyard with fresh water from mountains.
The starting point of sacred mountain, Mt. Hakusan (about 40 mins drive from MIboro Ryokan)
Hakusan National Park / Ministry of the Environment Website http://www.env.go.jp/park/hakusan/
- It opens for public from the middle of June to the middle of October.
- Alpine plants start blooming at the end of July.
- Murodo: The sunrise from the top of Hakusan is exquisite.
- Primula cuneifolia
- Fritillaria camtschatcensis
- Geranium yesoemse
「Shokawa Cherry Trees」 (about 15 mins drive from RyoriYado Miboro)
Shokagawa Town Machizukuri Council Website http://www.shokawa.net/category/introduction/nature/sakura
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- 450 year old Cherry trees transported from the village where Miboro Dam was built.
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- It starts blooming at the latter half of Golden Week, lighten up for the night.
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- Cerasus Itosakura
「Amos Prefectural National Park」 (about 40 mins drive)
Amos Prefectural National Park Website http://hidamoriaruki.com/map/amou/
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- There is a swamp with Hemerocallis esculenta, Eriophorum vaginatum, and Skunk Cabbage.
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- These are more than 300 year old trees, known as “The Gate of Japanese Judas trees”.
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- Visitors could walk around the swamp.
