icicles – Susan Spann, Adventure, Mystery, and Mountains

Discover the Secret Icicles of Narusawa Ice Cave in Yamanashi’s Suicide Forest

Susan Spann Blog, Travel & Tourism April 25, 2022April 23, 2022Fuji Five Lakes, Ice cave, icicles, Japan, Sites of Interest, travel, Yamanashi

Discover the Secret Icicles of Narusawa Ice Cave in Yamanashi’s Suicide Forest

A few weeks ago, I took a visit to Narusawa Ice Cave, in Aokigahara (Japan’s famed “suicide forest”), to see the massive natural icicles that form there, underground.

Saitama’s Famous Icicles, By Night

Susan Spann Blog February 14, 2022February 13, 2022Ashigakubo, Ashigakubo Icicles, Famous icicles of Saitama, icicles, Japan, Japanese culture, Saitama, winter hiking

Saitama’s Famous Icicles, By Night

Last weekend, I hopped an Express LaView for a two hour ride to Saitama Prefecture (which borders Tokyo to the north) to visit one of the Three Great Icicles of Chichibu.