Sightseeing Spots
HAKUBA
Scenic & Historic Sites
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Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
- Period
- Mid-April to late-November
- Website
The route passes through the dynamic scenery of Mt. Tateyama in the Japan Alps. It is traversed using a variety of vehicles with an elevation change of 2400 meters from Toyama Prefecture to Nagano Prefecture.
- Place
- Omachi Shi, Nagano Ken
- Contact
- +81 261-22-0804
- Access
- About 40 km from Hotel Hakuba
40 mins by car to Ogisawa Sta.
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Kamikochi
- Period
- Late-April to late-November
- Website
Kamikochi is called as Switzerland of Japan. One of best scenic spots in The Chubu Sangaku National Park.
- Place
- Kamikochi, Matsumoto Shi, Nagano Ken
- Contact
- +81 263-95-2405
- Access
- About 40 km from Hotel Hakuba
2hrs 30mins by car
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Matsumoto-jo Castle
- Period
- All year around
- Website
Also called as Karasu-jo (crow castle), and one of five national treasure castles.
- Place
- Matsumoto Shi, Nagano Ken
- Contact
- +81 263-32-2902
- Access
- About 60 km from Hotel Hakuba
90mins by car
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Old Battlefield of Kawanakajima
- Period
- All year around
- Website
This is the battle field where Shingen Takeda and Kenshin Uesugi fought for five years.
- Place
- Nagano Shi, Nagano Ken
- Contact
- +81 26 223-6050
- Access
- About 43 km from Hotel Hakuba
50mins by car
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The old road Shio-no-michi
- Period
- All year around
- Website
About 120 km of Chikuni-kaido from Matsumoto to Itogawa is used to carry salt once upon a time and so the road is called “Shio-no-michi (Salt Road)”.
- Place
- Matumoto Shi to Itoigawa Shi
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Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium
- Period
- All year around
- Website
It hosted the ski jumping and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined events at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
- Place
- Kitaazumi Gun Hakuba Mura, Nagano Ken
- Contact
- +81 261-72-7611
- Access
- About 2 km from Hotel Hakuba
10mins by car
Shrines & Temples
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Zenkoji Temple
- Period
- All year around
- Website
Japanese oldest temple with the history of about 1300 years. The main temple is a national treasure.
- Place
- Nagano Shi, Nagano Ken
- Contact
- +81 26-234-3591
- Access
- About 45 km from Hotel Hakuba
50 mins by car
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Togakushi Shrine
- Period
- All year around
- Website
Togakushi Shrine has 2000 years of history and consists of five shrines, Togakushi Hoko-sha, Hino-miko-sha, Togakushi Chu-sha, Togakushi Oku-sha and Kuzuryu-sha respectively.
- Place
- Togakushi, Nagano Shi, Nagano Ken
- Contact
- +81 26-254-2001
- Access
- About 40 km from Hotel Hakuba
60 mins by car
Museums
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Chihiro Art Museum Azumino
- Period
- All year around
- Website
The art works of Chihiro Iwasaki, history of the picture books and the books of picture book writers from the world are displayed.
- Place
- Kitaazumi Gun Matsukawa Mura, Nagano Ken
- Contact
- +81 261-62-0772
- Access
- About 35 km from Hotel Hakuba
40 mins by car
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Rokuzan Art Museum
- Period
- All year around
- Website
Rokuzan Ogiwara is one of the pioneers of modern western-style bronze sculpture in Japan. The works of Rokuzan and his deeply related artists are displayed.
- Place
- Hotaka, Azumino Shi, Nagano Ken
- Contact
- +81 263-82-2094
- Access
- About 45 km from Hotel Hakuba
40 mins by car
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Fossa Magna Museum
- Period
- All year around
- Website
The museum of fossa magna, and jades and fossils of Itoigawa.
- Place
- Itoigawa Shi, Niigata Ken
- Contact
- +81 25-553-1880
- Access
- About 45 km from Hotel Hakuba
50 mins by car
Many more to enjoy Hakuba
The magnificent view and nature of Hakuba attracts many tourist.
Trekking is popular in spring, summer and autumn also there are many more fascinating spots!
