Special thanks for pictures from: Yatsugatake Shashin Club round and round Joshinetsu Expressway To Niigata Nagano Saku I.C minamimaki Takasaki Nagano Expressway Sakudaira Koumi Line Shinshu Minamimakimura Tourist Information Fujioka J.C.T Matsumoto Nagano Shinkansen Nobeyama Kanetsu Expressway Shiojiri Okaya J.C.T Kobuchizawa I.C. Sutama I.C. Kobuchizawa Chuo Expressway Chuo Line Komaki J.C.T Tomei Expressway Osaka Nagoya Tokyo On the train Tokyo - Sakudaira (about 1 hour and 15 minutes by Nagano Shinkansen) Sakudaira - Nobeyama (about 1 hour and 30 minutes on the Koumi Line) Komoro - Nobeyama (about 1 hour and 40 minutes on the Koumi Line) Shinjuku - Kobuchizawa (about 2 hours by the Chuo Line express) Kobuchizawa - Nobeyama (about 30 minutes on the Koumi Line) Osaka - Nagoya (about 1 hour by Shinkansen) Nagoya - Shiojiri (about 2 hours by the Chuo Line express) Shiojiri - Kobuchizawa (about 50 minutes by the Chuo Line express) Kobuchizawa - Nobeyama (about 30 minutes on the Koumi Line) By car Tokyo - Saku Exit (about 2 hours on the Joshinetsu Expressway) Saku Exit - Nobeyama (about 1 hour on Route 141) Shinjuku - Sutama Exit (about 2 hours on the Chuo Expressway) Sutama Exit - Nobeyama (about 40 minutes on Route 141) Osaka - Kobuchizawa (about 6 hours on the Meishin and Chuo Expressways) Kobuchizawa - Nobeyama (about 40 minutes on Yatsugatake traverse road) Minamimakimura Village Office, Tourism guide Uminokuchi, Minamimakimura, Minamisaku-County, Nagano 384-1302 Phone: 0267-96-2211 (main) URL http://www.minamimakimura.jp/ Minamimakimura Tourism Association URL http://www.kanko-nobeyama.jp/ Nobeyama Tourist Information Nobeyama-ekimae, Minamimakimura, Minamisaku, Nagano 384-1305 Phone: 0267-98-2091 URL http://www.ytg.janis.or.jp/~nobeyama/ To Komoro minamimaki sky map To Saku I.C. [Hot Springs] round and round Enlarged map N To Mugikusa-toge Uminokuchi-Umijiri-Onsen Village 1 Matsubara-ko To Komoro Matsubarako Lake Known as a quiet hot spring located Spring Matsubara-ko between mountains. Around Uminokuchi Sta. Cassiopeia minamimaki Known as a quiet hot spring located Deneb Arisaka Motors Chikuma River Cepheus between mountains. Since you can Perseus Polaris Nobeyama Plateau is full of green nurtured by the rich and plentiful nature of the grand Yatsugatake JR Koumi Line Cygnus take a day trip there, you can go Capella mountain range. Enjoy great views of majestic mountains such as Mt. Fuji, the Minami Alps, Camelopardalis and relax after outdoor activities or Vega Auriga Oku-Chichibu and go climbing Mt. Meshimoriyama where there are abundant colorful alpine plants, Lyra Ursa Minor sports. Draco Lynx deep primeval forests and Yatsugatake where there are rocky ridges and full of variety. 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Japan’s highest elementary school Autumn 0.50→ Trailhead iver Bollard gate Itabashi R Bunkyo-ku Yatsugatake Kogen School South Elementary School Sankaku-Jougi Kawakami-mura Big Dipper 1.20 Guest house Kogen Yasai Ursa Major ← ● SY-Nak Cabin 0.50 Kotengu → Spend time with animals and Mori-no-Family Kandankei Ursa Minor Pref. boundary ridge Boukasen experience events Enlarged Minami Yatsugatake Drive-Kibun Around Nobeyama Sta. Pollux Lynx ←1.20 -no-Atama forest road crossing Takizawa map 2 Camelopardalis Draco Pasture Polaris 0.20→ Yatsugatake Pasture Teisan lodge Auriga Cepheus Gemini FISHING ←0.30 Direct sales shop Lodge Highest Point Capella Nobeyama Cassiopeia [Hot Springs] Perseus The real pleasures of stream fishing Municipal JRaa Koumi Line Vega 権現岳 ● Shiki-shi Sounen Sizen no Ie ground are to be one with nature and to Cygnus Honzawa-onsen Hercules Bollard gate Minamimakimura Art Folk Museum To Komoro Deneb Lyra 2715 Japan’s highest open-air bath feel the excitement. 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Canes Venatici Polaris Cassiopeia JR Railway Sengataki Minsyuku Bokka Meshimoriyama Resort Inn Kuroiwasou Camelopardalis (Daimon River) Highest Point Kiyosato Many colonies of alpine plants can be Souvenir seen at Meshimoriyama from Spring Andromeda Watanabe Kiyosato Minsyuku through Autumn. Comae Berenices Ursa Major After taking photographs at Shintaku Minsyuku Auriga Lodge To Chateraise (ski, golf) Pegasus Restaurant Sansou Leo Minor Capella Triangulum the highest point of Japan Shop of Meshimoriyama Highest Point Mother and Child Board Lynx Railways, you can visit Perseus Leo Pisces 至 小淵沢 Pollux Japan’s highest shrine near To Kobuchizawa E Aries W Bell of Happiness To Astronomical Observatory Regulus Gemini there. Cancer Taurus 至 長坂YatsugatakeIC Aldebaran Grace Hotel八ヶ岳 Canis Minor Orion To Kobuchizawa 高原大橋 Vegetaball With Procyon Betelgeuse Cetus Railway Highest Point Shrine All constellations you are able to see from Hydra To Early Bird GC Winter Triangle Nobeyama can be seen with powerful multimedia.