World's Prettiest Mountain Towns.

After a day of plowing powder at the Beaver Creek Ski Resort, splurge on an atmospheric dinner at Beano’s Cabin—a hillside lodge with where you can dine on elk, roast pork and duck next to a roaring fire. Half the magic of the place is getting there; the restaurant is only accessible by a moonlit sleigh-ride through the snow.


Otherwise, head north of the center of Ogimachi, Shirakawa-go's largest village, where the Shiroyama Viewpoint offers a spectacular vantage point over the surrounding rooftop and mountains.