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Matsumoto Frog Festival
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Matsumoto Frog Festival

Bridget Ye

Matsumoto's Frog Festival only happens two days every year. Make sure to catch it while it's here!

Nawate Street Jun 22nd - Jun 23rd 7 Free
Nagaoka Festival
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Nagaoka Festival

Rey Waters

Nagaoka Festival and Fireworks a tradition since 1946 to commemorate victims of war and earthquakes.

Shinano Riverside Aug 1st - Aug 3rd 1 Free
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Nagano Top 10

  1. Climbing Mt. Asama
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    Climbing Mt. Asama

    Karuizawa
  2. Karuizawa Stone Church
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    Karuizawa Stone Church

    Karuizawa
  3. The Venus Line, Nagano
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    The Venus Line, Nagano

    Matsumoto
  4. A Day Trip to Obuse
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    A Day Trip to Obuse

    Culture
  5. Calbee Launches 47 Flavors of Chips
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    Calbee Launches 47 Flavors of Chips

    Culture
  6. Frog Street in Matsumoto
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    Frog Street in Matsumoto

    Matsumoto
  7. Takato Castle Ruins Park
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    Takato Castle Ruins Park

    Culture
  8. Nagano - Togakushi Day Trip
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    Nagano - Togakushi Day Trip

    Culture
  9. Matsumoto Frog Festival
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    Matsumoto Frog Festival

    Matsumoto
  10. Hakuba Ski Village in Nagano
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    Hakuba Ski Village in Nagano

    Hakuba
  1. The Town That Chestnuts Made
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    The Town That Chestnuts Made

    Activity
  2. Nagano Mountain Ramble
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    Nagano Mountain Ramble

    Activity
  3. War and Peace In Nagano
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    War and Peace In Nagano

    Culture
  4. Shinichi Suzuki Memorial Hall
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    Shinichi Suzuki Memorial Hall

    Matsumoto
  5. Tangram
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    Tangram

    Activity
  6. Starry Nights in Japan: Achi Village
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    Starry Nights in Japan: Achi Village

    Activity
  7. “Your Name” Movie Real-life Location Tour
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    “Your Name” Movie Real-life Location Tour

    Culture
  8. Nagano’s Nozawa Onsen
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    Nagano’s Nozawa Onsen

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  9. Agematsu Forest Adventures
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    Agematsu Forest Adventures

    Activity
  10. Nojiri Lake Resort
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    Nojiri Lake Resort

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Nojiri Lake Resort

Sherilyn Siy

For a change of pace, head to Nagano, and for a moment, you will feel like you have stepped into Switzerland. And for the best accommodation..

Hotel M Matsumoto
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Hotel M Matsumoto

Peter Sidell

In Matsumoto in central Japan's Nagano prefecture, Hotel M is a conveniently located, inexpensive hotel, mainly with capsules..

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Tangram

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Tangram is known as a ski resort, so what happens between April to November when there's no snow? The slopes that are perf..

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Starry Nights in Japan: Achi Village
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Starry Nights in Japan: Achi Village

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Achi Village was once recognized as the best place to see shining stars in in the Japan night skies by the Ministry of the Environment...

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About Nagano

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Chubu
Island Honshu
Capital Nagano
Population 2,152,449
Area 13,561.56 sq. km

The mountainous prefecture of Nagano Prefecture (長野県, Nagano-ken) is the perfect summer resort to avoid the heat, with the town of Karuizawa being one of the most popular summer getaway spots in Japan.

Take advantage of the relatively cool weather to explore the famous Matsumoto Castle, one of Japan’s oldest shrines in Suwa Taisha, and Zenko-ji, a major pilgrimage site. Nagano’s many tall mountains serve as challenging but beautiful hiking trails, especially those of Kamikochi.

That being said, Nagano is also a great destination in the winter, and it was the host of the 1998 Winter Olympics. The prefecture’s mountains are some of the largest ski resorts in Japan, most notably Shika Kogen and Mount Hakuba. After being out in the cold, seek warmth in one of Nagano’s many famous hot springs.

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