Nagano Lantern Festival Feb 9th - Feb 12th Nagano Lantern Festival, a week of lanterns on display along the road to Zenkoji, finished off with Zenkoji itself lit up in brilliant..
Activities Iiyama Snow Festival Feb 11th - Feb 12th The Iiyama Snow Festival has been running for four decades now, and was originally born from the idea of trying to revitalize this..
Activities Matsumoto Castle Projection Mapping Dec 1st - Feb 28th A special winter event brings the beauty of digital art to Matsumoto Castle, with a variety of stunning projection mapping displays..
Activities Karuizawa Winter Festival Nov 26th - Feb 28th Karuizawa has long been renowned as a great place to enjoy Christmas in Japan. Furthermore the area has some great winter sports...
Activities Iiyama Nanohana Festival Early May Iiyama's aptly-named Nanohana Park comes alive during spring, and their annual nanohana festival is held during the latter half..
Outdoors Achi Village Peach Blossom Festival Late Apr - Early May From mid-April to mid-May, Nagano's Achi Village comes alive with the color of around 10,000 peach trees in bloom, filling the..
Culture Candle Night in Matsumoto Mid Jun Enjoy a fantastic night by light of candles on green glass in the yard of the Matsumoto Museum of Art, with art and live music.
Culture Matsumoto Frog Festival Late Jun Matsumoto's Frog Festival only happens two days every year. Make sure to catch it while it's here!