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Photo: Hachimantai DMO, Inc.

Get the Most Out of Autumn in Just Three Days! Tour Hachimantai’s Natural Scenery on E-Bikes and Check Out Season-Exclusive Art

Forecast calls for lots more snow tomorrow! It’s been a bit too warm the last couple days, but all that will change for the next week or so.
What better way to enjoy a snow day then relaxing in an open-air bath! Kyounso, one of the three inns of Matsukawa Onsen, has a breathtakingly beautiful outdoor bath with milky white water that and views of the surrounding mountains that will silence your mind and bring you into the present moment.

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Photo: Hachimantai DMO, Inc.

Take an Autumn Train Ride Through Local Art History on the Hanawa Line

Forecast calls for lots more snow tomorrow! It’s been a bit too warm the last couple days, but all that will change for the next week or so.
What better way to enjoy a snow day then relaxing in an open-air bath! Kyounso, one of the three inns of Matsukawa Onsen, has a breathtakingly beautiful outdoor bath with milky white water that and views of the surrounding mountains that will silence your mind and bring you into the present moment.

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Autumn scenery and Mt. Iwate, viewed on Mt. Mitsuishi – Photo: Hachimantai DMO, Inc.

The Earliest Autumn Scenery in Honshu! Plus, Matsukawa’s Hidden Springs

Forecast calls for lots more snow tomorrow! It’s been a bit too warm the last couple days, but all that will change for the next week or so.
What better way to enjoy a snow day then relaxing in an open-air bath! Kyounso, one of the three inns of Matsukawa Onsen, has a breathtakingly beautiful outdoor bath with milky white water that and views of the surrounding mountains that will silence your mind and bring you into the present moment.

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Race through Appi and Hachimantai on a mountain bike!

Race Through Appi and Hachimantai on a Mountain Bike!

Forecast calls for lots more snow tomorrow! It’s been a bit too warm the last couple days, but all that will change for the next week or so.
What better way to enjoy a snow day then relaxing in an open-air bath! Kyounso, one of the three inns of Matsukawa Onsen, has a breathtakingly beautiful outdoor bath with milky white water that and views of the surrounding mountains that will silence your mind and bring you into the present moment.

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Sea of Clouds, as seen from Mikaeri Ridge – Photo: 8tabi.style

For Enjoying Tohoku’s Short Summers, Head to Towada-Hachimantai National Park!

Forecast calls for lots more snow tomorrow! It’s been a bit too warm the last couple days, but all that will change for the next week or so.
What better way to enjoy a snow day then relaxing in an open-air bath! Kyounso, one of the three inns of Matsukawa Onsen, has a breathtakingly beautiful outdoor bath with milky white water that and views of the surrounding mountains that will silence your mind and bring you into the present moment.

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The Hachimantai Dragon Eye

Golden Week is the Perfect Time for the Mysterious Hachimantai Dragon Eye!

Forecast calls for lots more snow tomorrow! It’s been a bit too warm the last couple days, but all that will change for the next week or so.
What better way to enjoy a snow day then relaxing in an open-air bath! Kyounso, one of the three inns of Matsukawa Onsen, has a breathtakingly beautiful outdoor bath with milky white water that and views of the surrounding mountains that will silence your mind and bring you into the present moment.

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This is for Real, Outdoor Bath with Milky White Water!

This is for Real, Outdoor Bath with Milky White Water!

Forecast calls for lots more snow tomorrow! It’s been a bit too warm the last couple days, but all that will change for the next week or so.
What better way to enjoy a snow day then relaxing in an open-air bath! Kyounso, one of the three inns of Matsukawa Onsen, has a breathtakingly beautiful outdoor bath with milky white water that and views of the surrounding mountains that will silence your mind and bring you into the present moment.

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Come to the Snow Festival!

Come to the Snow Festival!

The Hachimantai-Appi Snow Festival is being held in Hachimantai until the 28th of February! There was a fireworks display celebrating the beginning of the festivities, and about 1,000 fireworks were set off at the Hachimantai Resort Panorama Ski Area!
During the Snow Festival, if you stay at a lodging facility in Hachimantai, you can get a discount on lift tickets for Hachimantai Resort and APPI!

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Here the New Limited Edition of Sake!

Here the New Limited Edition of Sake!

Washinoo (pronounced washi-no-oh), the local sake brewery of Hachimantai, released a new limited edition sake yesterday!
All of the sake made at Washinoo uses spring water that filters down from the glorious volcano that towers above the city, Mt. Iwate. Using a combination of the skill of the brewmaster and the modern scientific knowledge of the owner- who graduated from the Engineering Department of the best university in Japan, Tokyo University, Washinoo continues to create uniquely pleasing sake.

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See the Sea of Clouds!

See the Sea of Clouds!

On some beautiful days in January, it is still possible to hike up Mt. Iwate – assuming you leave before dawn and have all the proper gear that you need.
But when you go to the trouble – you can see aspects of the mountain that few people are able to. For example the shape of the snow on the summit forms an interesting feathered pattern that is called a “shrimp tail” in Japanese.

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