Yukawa Valley in 4th of January

 This is a famous Ice climbing site in Nagano, near Ogawa yama.

Yukawa Valley is located so close to the road so it is easy access.

The high season is in mid of January to end of February.

The Ice is not yet to be climbed.

There are crack climbing site too, here is Yukawa.

So it is possible to climb ice and crack at the same day.

In the morning you can climb ice and in the afternoon, where sun warming the rock, it is not too cold to climb the rock, so move to the rock area.

The rock climbing high season is also, Spring and Autumn.

In the mid summer is is too hot, since this place has not much altitude.