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Minakami is one exciting gem of a Japanese countryside town!

Want to navigate Niseko with ease? The Niseko App has been updated for the 2015/16 season, free to download on both iPhone and Android.

Just an hour north of Tokyo via bullet train, Tochigi Prefecture is famed for the temple-rich historical environs of Nikko, as well as its hot springs resort towns.

Takayama is a picturesque mountain town that's beautiful to visit all year round!

Sit back, relax, and let us take you on a journey through the most scenic train rides Japan has to offer.

This video, taken in the Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama showing the snow-caped mountains and thatched roofs, is enough to make anyone pack their bags and head to Gifu Prefecture.

The mountains of the Zao Mountain Range are one of the defining natural features of the Tohoku region.

Every spring, 30-ton snow cutters carve through some of the deepest snow accumulations in the world to create the Snow Wall, or 'Yuki-no-Otani.'