Nagano, Japan · Asia
Iiyama works well as a base: 10 minutes from Kamikijima, 16km from Jigokudani Monkey Park.
Iiyama is in Nagano, Japan, with about 20,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Kamikijima, about 4 km away.
Iiyama (飯山市, Iiyama-shi) is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 February 2019, the city had an estimated population of 20,118 in 7372 households, and a population density of 99 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 202.43 square kilometres (78.16 sq mi). It markets itself as "Japan's Hometown"Read more
and is known as the "Little Kyoto of Snow Country".
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Within an hour or so of Iiyama: Nozawa Onsen (11 km), Shibu Onsen (14 km), Jigokudani Monkey Park (16 km), Shibu Pass (25 km).
The nearest famous roads are Shibu Pass, Mount Haruna Touge and Usui Pass.
Iiyama is in Nagano, Japan, about 4 km from Kamikijima.
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Essential numbers in Japan
Japan Helpline (24h English assistance): 0570-000-911. An International Driving Permit (1949 convention) is required to drive.
Full driving guide for Japan6 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
A steep village of thirteen free communal bathhouses maintained by residents, plus an open hot-spring cooking pool where locals blanch vegetables. The Oyu bathhouse is a wooden temple-roofed landmark at the centre.
11 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
A cobbled onsen village of wooden inns where guests in yukata and geta make a circuit of nine small public bathhouses. It is the road-end village below the snow monkey valley.
14 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
A unique hot spring area where wild Japanese macaques famously bathe in steaming thermal pools surrounded by snow.
16 km · about 30 min drive
mountain pass
At 2,172 m this is the highest point on any Japanese national highway, on Route 292 between Nagano and Gunma. In spring the road is cut through snow walls several metres high.
25 km · about 30 min drive
photogenic
The steaming timber sluice at the centre of Kusatsu, where 4,000 litres a minute of highly acidic spring water is cooled across wooden channels before reaching the baths. Floodlit and clouded in steam after dark.
33 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
A thousand-year-old spa at the foot of the Nagano hills, ringed by ancient temples including a rare octagonal three-storey pagoda. Three small public baths still serve the village for a few coins.
59 km · about 70 min drive
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
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