Leisure / Hobbies Spots in Bandai Highland / Inawashiro Area

  • GRANDECO SNOW RESORT
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    4.0
    124 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Pref. Yamagunkitashiobaramura Hibara Wild sand lot
    Visitors can enjoy skiing and snowboarding at GRANDECO SNOW RESORT during the season as well as being a place to experience three of the one hundred top mountains in Japan regardless of the season. Enjoy a spectacular view of Urabandai Plateau from the panorama gondola reaching an altitude of approximately 1400 meters. There are guided tours of the DECODAIRA Marshlands which located at 1320 meters above sea level is ideal as a trekking spot. It is approximately 30 minutes by car from Inawashiro-Bandaikogen Interchange on the Ban-etsu Expressway.

    I wrote an extensive review of the ski area under Grandeco ski area. So check that out. It’s only 1 word not 2.

  • Hoshino Resorts NEKOMA MOUNTAIN
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    3.5
    75 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Pref. Yamagumbandaimachi Sarashina ShimizuPei 6838 - 68
    This is a ski resort spreading over the foot of Mt. Bandai about 15 minutes by car from Bandai-Kawahigashi Interchange. Access is good and there is a shuttle bus straight to the slopes from Koriyama Station a stop on the Tohoku Shinkansen line. The vast slopes overlooking Mt Bandai and Lake Inawashiro are in the perfect location. There are 29 diverse courses from beginners to advanced skiers where a large number of people can enjoy the whole day. There are also many shops for ski equipment rental or purchase. There are also restaurants and cafés where you can taste the ski resort cuisine as well as a daycare room for children.

    Our first time at this resort. Good lifts although only one covered. very good Gondola. Didnt get to try some runs /lifts due to trail closures and poor snow quality. Heard through contacts that...

  • Aquamarine Inawashiro Kawasemi Aquarium
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    4.0
    22 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Yama-gun Inawashiromachi Osada Higashi Nakamaru 3447-4

    入場料は700円の淡水魚水族館ですが、一番のメインはカワウソでしょうか。 ただ、カワウソは餌の時間に行かないと寝てしまっていることも多く、楽しめないかもしれません。 魚は日本の淡水魚がメインですが水生昆虫(ゲンゴロウやタガメ)も結構展示されていて子供も興味を持つかと思います。 珍しいと思ったのは水槽に水は3分の1以下にして、陸地部分を設け森の様にして鳥も一緒に展示しているのは珍しいと思いました...

  • Morohashi Museum of Modern Art
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Yamagunkitashiobaramura Hibara Kengamine 1093-23
    This art museum is located along National Route 459, at Kengamine Hibara, Kitashiobara Village, Yama County Fukushima Prefecture. Since its opening in 1999, exhibits have centered on the collection of Teizo Morohashi—the founder of Xebio Holdings Company. It is known for housing roughly 330 pieces in its Salvador Dali collection, making it the only museum in Asia that permanently maintains works by Dali.

    紅葉が始まる時期に訪れました。裏磐梯を車で走り、紅葉を眺めながらしばらくすると素敵な建物が見えてきます。 諸橋廷蔵氏の熱い思いで建てられた美術館、その周りは小川もあり、山の景色と建物と池があり、素敵な美術館です。 パリの小さな美術館には行ったことがあり、そこに置いてあったブロンズ像より、大きく立派な像が何体か置いてあり、見ごたえがありました。 絵画は、テトゥンアンの大会戦が観れて、こんな大きなダリ...

  • Mt. Bandai Eruption Memorial Hall
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    3.5
    27 Reviews
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    Fukushima Pref. Yamagunkitashiobaramura Hibara Kengamine 1093-36
    A museum dedicated to Mt. Bandai located in Kitashiobara Village, Yama County, Fukushima Prefecture. Visitors can vicariously experience the 1888 eruption of Mt. Bandai via a giant model in the museum. The museum also displays various items and materials about and from the time of the eruption, in addition to presenting the history of Mt. Bandai and the plants and animals which live there. Visited by large numbers of families, the museum holds nature watching and other events several times a year.

    磐梯山の噴火で湖ができた過程がよくわかる。観光客にはあまり人気がないらしく訪れる人は少ない。展示内容は大人向けなので子供は楽しめないと思う。貴重な資料がたくさんあり、どうやって湖ができたのか、湖には村が沈んでいるとか、いろいろ勉強になる。

  • Tenjin Hama Auto Camping Ground
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Inawashiromachi Nakakomatsu

    2泊する友人家族に便乗して、我が家はデイキャンプで参加しました。きれいな砂浜&湖を目の前にしてのbbqは最高でした。子供は湖水浴もしました。キャンプ場の事務棟は清潔感があり、トイレもシャワーもきれいでした。次はぜひ泊まりで利用したいです。

  • Urabandai Ski Resort
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Higashiyama Higashiyama 1170-5 Kitashiobara Village, Yama-gun, Fukushima Prefecture
    A ski resort located in Kitashiobara Village, Yama County, Fukushima Prefecture. In addition to courses for all skill levels, the resort also has a family slope. In addition, the resort offers snowshoe trekking tours during which participants can view the beautiful natural winter scenery of Urabandai as well as the area’s famous “yellow fall” frozen waterfalls dyed yellow by sulfur and iron deposits. The resort is visited by large numbers of local families as well as skiers from far and wide.

    裏磐梯スキー場から磐梯山へのトレッキングルートには、冬にしか見ることのできないレアな景色があちこちにあります。 こちらはYellow Fallと呼ばれる氷壁で、地中から滲み出る火山性ガスの溶出物が凍りついた冬にしか見られない幻滝。 冬のここでしか見ることのできない自然の美しさです。 Yellow...

  • Mt. Bandai 3D World
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    2.5
    10 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Yama-gun Kitashiobara Mura Hibara Kengamine 1093-716
    A memorial museum that helps visitors understand everything about volcanos and eruptions. Although the Bandai Highlands are beautiful in any season, that beauty was built on top of the many casualties of the steam-blast eruption of the mountain in 1888. This facility teaches visitors about what happened to the Bandai Highlands after the eruption. It also has exhibits about the connection between volcanos (worldwide and in Japan) and meteorological phenomena, as well as temporary seasonal exhibits.

    30年ぶりくらいに訪ねました。その頃は、3D画像が珍しく、磐梯山の噴火で飛んでくる岩にびっくりし、思わず身体をひねって避けたりしました。その迫力は変わらなかったのですが、3Dが珍しくなくなったこともあるのか、他のシーンは、それなりでした。画像の色ももう一つと感じました。

  • Goshikinuma Nature Trail
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Pref. Yamagunkitashiobaramura Hibara
    Goshikinuma Nature Trail starts near the Goshikinuma bus stop, which is reachable on the Aizu Bus route from JR Inawashiro Station. At 3.6 kilometers in length, it is one of the principal hiking courses in the Urabandai region, and hikers can enjoy views of the uncanny cobalt blue and green lakes that lie along the path. The course is relatively level, easy to walk on, and even accessible to visitors who use wheelchairs or baby strollers. It takes about one hour and 10 minutes to walk around the Lake Bishamon, Lake Benten, and Lake Aonuma.
  • Hotel & Snow Resort Minowa
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    Fukushima Pref. Yamaguninawashiromachi Wakamiya Adumayamakou National forest 194
    Hotel & Snow Resort Minowa is a ski resort located on the western slopes of Mt. Minowa centered round the Hotel de Premiere Minowa. The resort is situated directly above a tunnel through which National Route 115 passes and is very convenient to get to. Mt. Minowa is 1500 meters high so the resort is higher up than other nearby ski resorts; skiers on the beginners’ slope have the option of skiing right down as far as the rest-house and even beginners can enjoy superb views while skiing. There is a family slope and a sledging slope with net protection so this is a great place to bring the kids to enjoy the winter mountains as a family.
  • Bandai Kogen Soharako Camping Ground
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    3.0
    2 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Yama-gun Kitashiobaramura Hibara So Harayama 1096-138

    コテージに宿泊しました。4畳半ですが、夫婦と幼児の3人家族には充分です。曽原湖からすぐそばにあり、湖を見ながらのバーベキューは最高でした。管理人さんはご夫婦で、親切でした。

  • Bandai-Asahi National Park
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    Fukushima, Yamagata, Niigata
    A vast national park spanning the three prefectures of Fukushima, Yamagata and Niigata boasting the second largest park in land area nationally. The spectacular landscape is woven by many mountains including Mt. Nishi Azuma and Mt. Adatara chosen as one of Japan’s top 100 famous mountains as well as the Dewasanzan, Asahi, Iide, and Azuma Mountain Ranges, renowned as a place of mountain worship and the Asahi and Iide Mountain Ranges steeped in pristine nature. There is also an abundance of unique flora and fauna such as lilies, day lilies, and the Japanese serow, etc. The Gassan Visitor Center in the area provides multilingual brochures.
  • Inawashiro Herb Garden
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    Fukushima Pref. Yamaguninawashiromachi Kawageta Listel Park (Hotel Listel Inawashiro)
    This herb garden is in Listel Park, adjacent to Hotel Listel Inawashiro in Kawageta, Inawashiro Town, Yama County. They cultivate about 500 kinds of herbs on the 100,000-square meter site. You can see a variety of seasonal herbs and flowers when the park is open from late April to late November. They also have programs that let you pick rape blossoms, lavender, and other flowers. There's a shop and a cafe on site, and they hold events like a Rape Blossom Festival. Another highlight is the large wooden sculptures of the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac that are scattered throughout the park.
  • Wake Shop S.A.Y.
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Yama-gun Inawashiromachi Okinazawa Nagahama 858
    Located along the northwestern part of Lake Inawashiro in Fukushima Prefecture, this is the only JWBA-JWSA Cooperating authorized shop. It is only about three hours from Tokyo, so it is easy to access. Even solo beginners can try one or more rounds of wake boarding or wake surfing. It is a great way to enjoy Lake Inawashiro, one of Japan's many clear water lakes.

    初心者向け講習がとっても充実です。店内でしっかりとイメージからコツまで丁寧に説明と姿勢?の練習後にボートに乗ります。最初はかなり低速で立ち上がるまでの感覚を掴む練習で、アドバイス通りにやっているうちにスピードアップ。数回のトライで立って乗れるようになり爽快に楽しめました。かなり昔に南国リゾート地のオプション(海)で立てずに終わったのに不思議です。海と違って湖なので、終わってからもベタつかないのもい...

  • Listel Ski Fantasia
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    Fukushima Pref. Yamaguninawashiromachi Listel Park
    A ski resort located in Inawashiro Town, Yama County, Fukushima Prefecture. The resort has seven courses for skiers to enjoy. During the off season, the resort offers activities such as an obstacle course and park golf. The resort also holds a marathon in which participants must run up the slope. The resort’s lodging facility has a hot spring bathhouse and restaurant and the resort attracts many tourists.
  • Numajiri Ski Resort
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Pref. Yamaguninawashiromachi Kogai Numajiriyamakou 2855-434
    A ski resort located in Inawashiro Town, Yama County, Fukushima Prefecture. Opened in 1915, this is the oldest ski resort in the Tohoku region. The resort has 11 courses for everyone from beginners to experts. The resort also has a kid’s park and other areas for families with children to enjoy. The resort’s restaurant serves croquettes branded by the resort’s squirrel mascot and other dishes. There’s also a hot spring bath facility nearby, and many local skiers come here.
  • Inawashiro Ski Resort
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Pref. Yamaguninawashiromachi Hayama 7105
    This is a well-established ski resort in the Inawashiro Town part of Fukushima Prefecture’s Yama-gun with a wider area than surrounding resorts. The resort is separated into the “Ina Chu EASY Area” open to everyone with courses aimed for kids, beginners and seasoned professionals, and the “Minero CRAZY Area” with courses aimed at intermediate level and above where one can feel the exhilaration of jumping towards Lake Inawashiro. There are also kids ski/snowboard classes for beginners and first-timers.
  • Oguninuma Marshland Trail
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Yama-gun Kitashiobara Mura Hibara Hoka
  • Midori no Mura
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Yama-gun Inawashiromachi Osada Higashi Nakamaru 344-4
    A facility that lets visitors enjoy the natural wonders of Inawashiro by eye and by ear. The facility includes Aquamarine Inawashiro Kawasemi Aquarium, with exhibits that replicate the original environments of native freshwater species that can be seen in Fukushima Prefecture. There is also a hands-on section where visitors can try their hand at woodworking or pottery. A fishing hole and a barbecue shelter are available as well, and visitors of any age can enjoy this facility.
  • Sports Pal
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Fukushima Yama-gun Inawashiromachi Hayama 7105
    An outdoor leisure facility located only a three-minute walk from the Inawashiro Ski Resort on Mt. Aizu Bandai overlooking Lake Inawashiro. In the summer, the activities including hiking, climbing, paragliding, and other activities centered on Mt. Bandai. In the winter, visitors take up skiing and snowboarding, so that leisure activities and sports can be enjoyed throughout the year. Of course, lodging is available, and the package deals that combine lodging and lessons are especially recommended.

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