Tsutsujigahara Nature Trail — Attraction in Teshikaga

Great trail. Fairly short - 2.5 km and it goes by fast. Starts off in an oak forest and then progresses to a volcano caldera. The trailhead that Google Maps directs you to is kind of mid-way through the trail, and there is no parking there. Start at the Kawayu eco-museum at one end instead (across the street from a Seicomart, near the Kawayu Onsen, where there is parking). A very flat easy trail which is great for kids. At the end there is a nice visitor center with food and an...

Kawayu visitor's centre to Mt. Io and back about 5km. Started at 9am on December 22, easy walk. enjoyed the sceneries, took photos, short visit to see hot sulfur steams bursting out, coffee and snacks at Mok Mok, back at the visitor's centre by 11:30am. Very little snow but parts of ground are frozen, so be careful. Bears are hibernating, which...

Stunning short hike in the snow to Mount Io. It was quite hard going as no one had walked the trail after fresh snowfall but you can always hire snowshoes from Mt Io resthouse. The entire hike took us around 2 hours from Seicomart return through the snow with break and photo taking...