Ikaho Onsen Stone Steps

Had a pleasant afternoon climbing the stone steps ! Would definitely like to visit again. Spent an hour or so! Lovely scenery from above.

Can become cold after 4:30pm as the sun sets earlier from Autumn. Well maintained with a beautiful view at the top. Shops here close early in Autumn. Roads are narrow you prefer driving nearby/in town.

Very cool little area with a photo area at the bottom and tons of shops along the stairs. There’s food, gift shops, stationary, souvenirs and more. We enjoyed stopping at the shops along the way up. There was a good amount of people since it was the weekend. There’s a shrine at the top and if you keep going there’s an open air hot spring too. Great little adventure, with lots of things to look at. There’s vending machines and a few places to stand / sit along the way.

Ikaho is a very beautiful area, it is one of my favourite places I’ve visited in Japan

This has to be one of the best walks I have done in Japan. It is quite the arduous journey up the roughly 250 steps. However the fall foliage views mixed with the nighttime lights of a shopping district are simply spectacular. And best of all you can enjoy it and even an outdoor footbath along the way all for free, discounting transportation costs of roughly ¥1000 round trip from Shibukawa JR station.