Shinhodaka Onsen

I visited Shinhodaka Onsen in Gifu-ken in the Japan Alps the other day. I took the gondola and tramway to a point 2000 meters up and was happy to find a lot of snow left up there. Later on, I spent the night in a great riverside onsen ryokan.

Here's a view of the Japan Alps from the tramway. Note the amount of snow left on the mountains.



Here is a picture of the rotemburo (outside bath) at the ryokan I stayed in.



Here's a picture of the inside bath at the same ryokan. You can see Mt. Yari-ga-take from the bath on a clear day.