Echigo Yuzawa Autumn: Mountain Resort of Hot Springs and Foliage

Setting of "Snow Country"

Echigo Yuzawa is world-famous as the setting of Kawabata Yasunari's Nobel Prize-winning work "Snow Country." The novel's famous opening "The train came out of the long tunnel into the snow country" corresponds to an actual tunnel (Shimizu Tunnel), and many fans visit this novel-related location.

Autumn Hot Springs and Foliage

Autumn Echigo Yuzawa sees surrounding mountains turning to brilliant colors, an ideal season for enjoying hot springs and autumn foliage simultaneously. Views of autumn foliage from open-air baths at Yuzawa Onsen inns are exceptionally beautiful.

Sake Tasting

The station building "CoCoLo Yuzawa" at Echigo-Yuzawa Station has the "Gangidori" sake tasting corner for comparing Niigata local sake. Easy access one hour from Tokyo on the Shinkansen is also a reason for its popularity.