{"id":56954,"date":"2019-12-28T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=56954"},"modified":"2024-11-25T22:20:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:20:01","slug":"cycling-tour-iiyama-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/cycling-tour-iiyama-city\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways To Spend A Perfect Day in Iiyama City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By the time we boarded the Hokuriku Shinkansen<\/strong> to Nagano<\/strong>, my mother, who was visiting from America, had been touring Japan for three weeks. She had eaten the freshest seafood caught off the coast of Hokkaido. She had hiked among the lush forest and waterfalls of Aomori’s Oirase Gorge<\/a>. She had basked in the presence of awe-inspiring Toshogu Shrine among the full autumn foliage. Perhaps she had reached maximum capacity for being impressed by Japan, I wondered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were headed for Iiyama<\/strong>, a lovely city just north of Nagano<\/strong> city that joined the “Shinkansen Station Club” in March 2015 on the Hokuriku line. Before then, Iiyama stood in the shadows of nearby Nozawa Onsen, an area famous among tourists for its winter sports and hot springs, but now, Iiyama is making its presence known to the world as a destination. I had come to know and love Iiyama<\/a> from my visit last year, but would this low-key, down-to-earth city be enough to impress my mom?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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