Activities Takato Castle Park Sakura Festival Kim Bergström From around early to mid April each year, Nagano's Takato Castle Park is filled with the pretty pink color of 1500 sakura trees..
Outdoors Nezame-no-toko Gorge Angelina Dietz Nezame-no-toko means 'bed of awakening' and named after an old, famous legend.
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..
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...
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..
Activities Three Days Along Kisoji’s Nakasendo Trail (Day 2) Featured Day two from our a three-day trip to the Kiso Valley along the Nakasendo to take in some of its key sights.
Activities Jigokudani Yaen Koen in Nagano Elena Lisina My trip to Jigokudani Yaen Koen in Nagano via public transporation and staying at a ryokan