To begin with

I guess not many people (or maybe none?) outside Japan know this small Japanese town.

Uonuma, among Japanese, is famous for the rice farming of "Koshihikari" brand, but thought to be that's all. Even the Japanese don't really know about the beauty of the pastral landscape and the unique country lifestyle in this region.

Uonuma has a lot more. Seasonal country landscape, fresh air, organic food, lots of green, lots of snow...

Little by little, I would like to introduce big and small excitments in this town.


Uonuma is located in the middle of Honshu island (the biggest one) , in the southeastern area of Niigata prefecture. This area is known for the heavy snow fall, which is accumulated up to three meters in winter!

Obviously, it is a place of great fan for skiers and snowborders (and for us!)