Activities Meet with a Flying Squirrel Noro Randria In the Wild Bird Forest in Nagano prefecture lives the Japanese giant flying squirrel. Come and meet up with one...after the sun..
Activities Conservation of Asian Black Bears Noro Randria Picchio center in Karuizawa city, Nagano prefecture, has a wildlife research center with a team dedicated to the protection of..
Activities Picchio Featured Standing in a field, armed with binoculars, staring at a tree doesn’t sound like the best way to spend a chilly autumn evening..
Activities Kamikochi Alps Nadiah Endarwy What to expect from an autumn trip to the Kamikochi Alps in Nagano.
10 Outdoors Jigokudani Yaen-Koen's Snow Monkeys Gloria Ticconi In Japan's Nagano prefecture, Jigokudani Yaen-Koen is where you can find wild snow monkeys bathing in a natural hot spring pool...
Activities Apple Picking in Matsumoto Akira Matsuo Nov 18, 2016 Autumn is the season of beautiful, colored foliage, mushrooms in Nagano's forests, and, of course, the harvesting of fresh..
Camping & Trekking Hiking in Asama Anna van Dyk If tackling the Japanese Alps is a bit too daunting for you, why not try out the trekking trails near Asama Onsen?
Camping & Trekking Nakasendo Hike & Erupting Mt Ontake Akira Matsuo Some travelers who plan to visit central Japan are worrying about any trouble by the eruption of Mt. Ontake. Now, however, tro..