The weather was great today, so I went to the Sumikawa Snow Park (すみかわスノーパーク) in Zao National Park (藏王国定公園) area to see the pine ice (樹氷). At this time of the year, the snow is melting, but I enjoyed the marvelous natural beauty as well. The pine ice is a perfect ending for this travel,…

There is something attracts me very much in Zao, it’s very hard to say it out. I decided to spend one more day in Zao to find out more about it. ゆと森倶楽部-A Hotel Inside, A Club Indeed The Yutomori Club (ゆと森倶楽部) is just like its name – it’s more a club than merely a hotel….

蔵王(Zao) is really a nice place, it’s the place where you wake up and see the scene of Bandari’s (a famous Swiss Music Band) “Snow Dreams”. 蔵王酪農センター-The Secret Behind the World’s Best Cheese Everyone knows ZAO has the world’s finest cheese, but only extremely few people know the secret behind. I risked my life to…

真田幸村公血脈の郷-Real Samurai’s Birth Place “We want the Samurai culture to pass from generation to generation, so that people won’t forget the spirit of true warriors.” Said Kazuhiko Hirama, who is the chief of tourism promotion sub-section of Zao Town. The ancestors of 真田 family used to be a large and famous Samurai family in Japan…