Japan - Japan Alps & Central Honshu (Chapter)

This is the The Japan Alps & Central Honshū chapter from Lonely Planet's Japan guidebook.

Central Honshū is packed with mountain-fringed onsen (hot springs), world-class skiing and stunning castles. Japan's heartland in geography and attitude, this region is filled with modern commercial centres and traditional towns, the majestic Japan Alps and the rugged northern coastline.

• sleep in a thatch-roofed house in Shirakawa-gō
• maps
• soak in a mountain-ringed outdoor hot spring at Fukuchi Onsen and Shirahone Onsen
• transport
• ride trains, trolley buses and funiculars along the high-altitude Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Nagoya & around, Tokoname, Inuyama & around, Gifu, Gujō-Hachiman, Hida District, Takayama, Hida-Furukawa, Shirakawa-gō, Gokayama, Northern Japan Alps, Kamikōchi, Shirahone Onsen, Hirayu Onsen, Fukuchi Onsen, Shin-Hotaka Onsen, Nagano Prefecture, Nagano, Togakushi, Obuse, Yudanaka, Shiga Kōgen, Nozawa Onsen, Hakuba, Bessho Onsen, Matsumoto, Hotaka, Kiso Valley Region, Toyama Prefecture, Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route, Ishikawa Prefecture, Kanazawa, Noto Peninsula, Kaga Onsen, Hakusan National Park, Fukui Prefecture, Fukui, Eihei-ji, Tōjinbō and Tsuruga.