Guidebook for Komagane-shi

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Guidebook for Komagane-shi

Entertainment & Activities

Small but very friendly and fun ski area. Two lifts, onsite ski, snowboard, and clothing rental. Great for kids and beginners.
Komagane Kogen Skiing Ground
5-879 Akaho
Small but very friendly and fun ski area. Two lifts, onsite ski, snowboard, and clothing rental. Great for kids and beginners.
Hot springs. They also have a cafeteria with good food at cheap prices.
Hayataro Onsen Komakusa-no-yu Hot Spring
759-4 Akaho
Hot springs. They also have a cafeteria with good food at cheap prices.
Restaurant/souvenir shop. They also have an orchard that will allow you to pick strawberries (Jan. to June).
ビアンデさくら亭 駒ヶ根店
497-529 Akaho
Restaurant/souvenir shop. They also have an orchard that will allow you to pick strawberries (Jan. to June).
Hot springs. They also have a cafeteria inside the facility.
露天こぶしの湯
23-170 Akaho
Hot springs. They also have a cafeteria inside the facility.
All Yomeishu (popular Japanese herbal liqueur) factories and facilities in Komagane are admission free and you can also have a tasting. About 70% of the property is covered by natural forest where you are free to walk around. The staff members are very friendly too.
養命酒製造 駒ヶ根工場
16410 Akaho
All Yomeishu (popular Japanese herbal liqueur) factories and facilities in Komagane are admission free and you can also have a tasting. About 70% of the property is covered by natural forest where you are free to walk around. The staff members are very friendly too.

Essentials

Closest convenience store from the villa.
7-Eleven
928-6 Akaho
Closest convenience store from the villa.
The nearest coin laundry from the villa
としまや COIN LAUNDRY
The nearest coin laundry from the villa

Shopping

Closest supremarket/shopping mall from the villa.
Bell Shine
1568 Akaho
Closest supremarket/shopping mall from the villa.
Closest home center from the villa.
Cainz Home Komagane
922 Akaho
Closest home center from the villa.
This supermarket is about 13 minutes by car from the villa and has a good selection of all kinds of food at low prices.
TSURUYA Akaho
10271-1 Akaho
This supermarket is about 13 minutes by car from the villa and has a good selection of all kinds of food at low prices.

Getting Around

Shinano Car Rental (Shinano Koukoku) is a few min. walk from Komagane staion. Good idea to make a reservation before you arrive. Tel:(0265) 82-3331
Shinano Car Rental
12-1 Chūō
Shinano Car Rental (Shinano Koukoku) is a few min. walk from Komagane staion. Good idea to make a reservation before you arrive. Tel:(0265) 82-3331
Komagane Station. It's about a 10 or 15 minute cab ride to the cabin. It's a big enough train station that there are usually taxis waiting. There are also city buses that go close to where the cabin is from the station, but it would be much easier to just take a taxi and probably cost about the same.
Komagane Station
1 Higashimachi
Komagane Station. It's about a 10 or 15 minute cab ride to the cabin. It's a big enough train station that there are usually taxis waiting. There are also city buses that go close to where the cabin is from the station, but it would be much easier to just take a taxi and probably cost about the same.
There’s a shuttle bus stop within a few minutes’ walk from the cottage that takes you to the Komagatake Ropeway.
菅の台バスセンター
There’s a shuttle bus stop within a few minutes’ walk from the cottage that takes you to the Komagatake Ropeway.

Sightseeing

Kozenji Temple. The local temple dating back nearly 1200 years. With its 3 story Bell Tower, the buildings and gardens rival anything in Kyoto. Photographers come from all over Japan to take photos of the cherry blossoms in the spring.
Kōzen-ji Temple
29 Akaho
Kozenji Temple. The local temple dating back nearly 1200 years. With its 3 story Bell Tower, the buildings and gardens rival anything in Kyoto. Photographers come from all over Japan to take photos of the cherry blossoms in the spring.
Senjojiki Cirque. There’s a shuttle bus stop within a few minutes’ walk from the cottage that takes you to the Komagatake Ropeway.
Senjojiki sirkus
1 Akaho
Senjojiki Cirque. There’s a shuttle bus stop within a few minutes’ walk from the cottage that takes you to the Komagatake Ropeway.

お気に入りのレストラン

The local specialty is sosu katsu – a breaded and deep fried pork cutlet with the local sauce on top. It’s really good! Just across the main road is a restaurant(Touemon) with a traditional thatched roof and complimentary hot spring foot bath that serves up a great one. Irregular holidays, only open for a few hours during lunch. ICからのメイン道路を挟んだ直ぐ反対側の藁ぶき屋根のソースかつ丼専門店です。別荘から徒歩数分と一番近いレストランでですが、無料の足湯温泉もあり、ソースかつ丼も絶品です。不定休、お昼の数時間のみ営業。
足湯茶屋 東右衛門
497-779 Akaho
The local specialty is sosu katsu – a breaded and deep fried pork cutlet with the local sauce on top. It’s really good! Just across the main road is a restaurant(Touemon) with a traditional thatched roof and complimentary hot spring foot bath that serves up a great one. Irregular holidays, only open for a few hours during lunch. ICからのメイン道路を挟んだ直ぐ反対側の藁ぶき屋根のソースかつ丼専門店です。別荘から徒歩数分と一番近いレストランでですが、無料の足湯温泉もあり、ソースかつ丼も絶品です。不定休、お昼の数時間のみ営業。
Soba Hinemosu is recommended for those who are particular about soba. Their menu is very simple, and you can usually taste a few kinds of juwari (100%) soba. I think it's better to make a reservation before going even on weekdays.
Hinemosu
Soba Hinemosu is recommended for those who are particular about soba. Their menu is very simple, and you can usually taste a few kinds of juwari (100%) soba. I think it's better to make a reservation before going even on weekdays.
This yakiniku restaurant is about 5 minutes by car from the villa. You can enjoy various cuts of delicious meat at reasonable prices.
スローボート
This yakiniku restaurant is about 5 minutes by car from the villa. You can enjoy various cuts of delicious meat at reasonable prices.