Hi! I am planning to do a 4-5 day trip on the first week of January next year with my partner. I’m looking for somewhere that can be easily explored using public transportation and is also relatively affordable.
We like a good mix of countryside and city. We’d like to try snowboarding too though we’re complete beginners, so this is just a bonus option.
I am open to suggestions in any region. Any recommendations are much appreciated!
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Just be aware that that’s heavy travel season so prices might be higher than usual. For affordable, I’d try to avoid the usual tourist places. Morioka in Iwate is lovely in the winter. You can use that as a base and go around Iwate. Koiwai illumination in Shizukuishi, the gondola down Geibikei gorge in Ichinoseki, and of course snowboarding in either Appi, Geto, or Okunakayama. Also the the Tohoku pass is great to access all those places. It’s going up in price but 30,000 for 5 days is still a bargain.