Culture A Guide to Dagashiya Kim Bergström Dagashiya in Tokyo Gifuya A Nakano gem, Gifuya is loved for its Showa-era... younger crew, which adds to those throwback feels. 5 Chome-44-3 Kamitakada, Nakano
Culture Starry Sky Film Festival 2026 Early - Mid Aug The Starry Sky Film Festival has become one of Nagano Prefecture's most-loved summer traditions, and it's held in the beautiful surroundings of the Yatsugatake
Culture The Ganshoin Temple Gloria Ticconi Obuse , a small town in the northern part of Nagano Prefecture hides one... 100 for elementary school students), and it is easily reachable from Nagano
Culture Otozure River Light and Sound Festival 2026 Jan 16th - Mar 8th Lanterns paired with poetry and music in Yamanashi Nagato Yumoto Onsen, Yamanashi
Festivals Shinshu Matsumoto Soba Festival 2026 Mid Oct The Shinshu Matsumoto Soba Festival is an annual event which has been running for almost 20 years now, and it brings soba restaurants from within Nagano
Historical Kyoto Fall 2022 Day Three Rey Waters The Arashiyama/Sagano Area is famous for the Togetsu-kyo Bridge, Bamboo Grove, and historical Shrines/Temples,
Culture English Gardens in Japan Kim Bergström Yanagasaki, Otsu, Shiga 520-0022 Barakura English Garden, Nagano... being almost 200 types of roses. 5047 Kuridaira, Kitayama, Chino-Shi, Nagano
Culture Hakuba Mountain Festival 2026 Late Sep Music and mountains come together at this two-day event Hakuba Village, Nagano