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xaver Says: Yumomi is traditional a method to cool the hot spring water by stirring the water with large wooden paddles. Women churning the water while singing traditional Kusatsu-bushi is definitely something people shouldn't miss, even because unless you come here for skying there is...
xaver Says: Yubatake which means hot water field is the symbol of Kusatsu. It is a facility where hot spring water (approx. 55C) from the source of the hot spring located on the upper side flows through a wooden irrigation canal, is cooled to a good temperature, and then sent to the...
xaver Says: Walking around Kusatsu centre is a unique experience as the sulphur smell is everywhere and the water vapour coming out of the ground gives really a particular effect.If you want you can stop and enjoy the hot spring water qualites soaking your feet in one of the many...
Maxiediva Says: I saw many things that went too fast for me to get on camera. Some KODAK moments happened at train stations or when the train slows down for an instant. Here are some shots in Takasaki and along the way to Naganohara Kusatsuguchi station on JR line.
stonefree Says: A huge public open-air bath is at the very the end of this park. On the way to the public bath, hot spring is springing here and there as forming a brook.
Yoshihiko.W Says: We drove to KUSATSU,19,FEB,03, from NIIGATA by kanetsu expway. We went to `kusatsu nettaiken` and sightseeing kusatsu spring area. `kusatsu nettaiken` is able to see showtime by monkey,and flower and animals and insects. It is not so intersting what we expected. But spring...
stonefree Says: "Yuabatake" which cools the hot hot water just gushed and carried out through a downspout is the symbol-existence of Kusatsu Hot Spring. From the fountainhead, hot water flows as it may overflow, and the scent of hot water drifts in a hit. Since there are also benches and...
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Inn Mizuki: a very Japanese experience
xaver Says: This a very small inn just outside the centre of the town.Hotels in Kusatsu are very expensive so we had no choice and we stayed in this small inn where you have a Tatami room with naterass, fouton and pillow.Everything is very basic, no toilette in the room, no men toilette...
Kouakan Ryokan: The Best Loved Hot Spring Spa / Onsen
Maxiediva Says: Kusatsu is similar to the St. Moritz of sorts. There is hardly any cheap accommodations around and finding Kouakan Ryokan was certainly an accomplishment. It's more like a Minshuku than a ryokan and run by a lovely couple who hardly speaks English. There is no address in...
Shop in JR Takasaki Station: Best Daruma Dolls
Maxiediva Says: There is a souvenir shop in Takasaki JR Station that sells Daruma dolls in different colours and sizes. They have the best made Darumas and are the cheapest in Japan. One sells for 260Yen which you would normally pay for twice the price in Tokyo or at the airport. They...
Along Kusatsu Onsen street: Pickles, Manju and Souvenirs
Maxiediva Says: Along the street from Yubatake to Sai No Kawara park are shops selling all the souvenirs you can pack into your overnighter. You'll come across the manju shop that gives free manju and green fee and further up, you'll find another shop selling manju as well. Both are...
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Put your rings, necklaces or any kind of metals off from your body before have a onsen bath. Kusatsu hot spring water has very strong acid which may get corrode your metal accessories if you have a bath with put them on.
Written Sep 10, 2002
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Yugama is a lake located on Shirano Mountain crater.
Shirano mountain is an active volcano 2160 meters high and on the top of the mountains there are three crater lakes:Yugama, with its majestic emerald green water, Mizugama and Karagama.
The Mizugama and Karagama are an easy walk from the parking, while you can reach the Yugama hiking up for about 20 minuts.
I am usually lazy but I can assure that the view is worth the effort, you just have to hope that there is no cloud that covers the lake, because you are not allowed to go to close to it.
Written Oct 12, 2009
Favorite thing: yes, its true... information about Gunma-ken is hard to come by. The Rough Guide book has NO information and VT doesn't even list it as a prefecture. Granted, its not really a popular travel destination, but still...
anyway, here is an English Language Website that gives some information.
enjoy....
http://www.japan-guide.com/list/e1209.html
Written Mar 2, 2010
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When my friend proposed to me to visit Kusatsu and explained that it was one of the best places to enjoy hot spring I did not even have an idea about what hot spring was, go figure if I could know a...
My mother, wife and I invited my father to onsen for a thanks-giving. He has retired last spring. Kusatsu is one of his favorite places where he used to go to onsen, sking, hiking, driving to...
Travel time of approx. 4hrs from Ueno Station on the Shinkansen to Takasaki, then change to another train to Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi. From there, take a JR bus to Kusatsu bus terminal, the last stop....
well for some reason VT has decided to cut Gunma out of Japan. How in the world can leave an entire prefecture off the map. So, you'll have to settle for this page of Kusatsu.
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