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Mountain adventures at Japan's Alps
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![Hotel Housei in Yudanaka]( "Hotel Housei in Yudanaka")
1Hotel Housei in Yudanaka
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![The Top Four Snowy Slopes of Nagano, Niigata]( "The Top Four Snowy Slopes of Nagano, Niigata")
2The Top Four Snowy Slopes of Nagano, Niigata
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![ROKA Luxury Apartments]( "ROKA Luxury Apartments")
3ROKA Luxury Apartments
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![Wellness Travel in Japan’s Northern Alps]( "Wellness Travel in Japan’s Northern Alps")
4Wellness Travel in Japan’s Northern Alps
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![Straddling the Skyline in Shibu Toge Pass]( "Straddling the Skyline in Shibu Toge Pass")
5Straddling the Skyline in Shibu Toge Pass
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![Glamping Workations at Hakuba's Mominoki Hotel]( "Glamping Workations at Hakuba's Mominoki Hotel")
6Glamping Workations at Hakuba's Mominoki Hotel
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![Blades of Shinanomachi]( "Blades of Shinanomachi")
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![Takato Castle Park Sakura Festival]( "Takato Castle Park Sakura Festival")
8Takato Castle Park Sakura Festival
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![The Bathhouses of Shibu Onsen]( "The Bathhouses of Shibu Onsen")
9The Bathhouses of Shibu Onsen
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![Komagane's Cedar Shrines]( "Komagane's Cedar Shrines")
10Komagane's Cedar Shrines
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![Nagaoka Festival]( "Nagaoka Festival")
1Nagaoka Festival
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![Nagano Ebisukō Fireworks Festival]( "Nagano Ebisukō Fireworks Festival")
2Nagano Ebisukō Fireworks Festival
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![Hakuba Summer Festival]( "Hakuba Summer Festival")
3Hakuba Summer Festival
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![The Bathhouses of Shibu Onsen]( "The Bathhouses of Shibu Onsen")
4The Bathhouses of Shibu Onsen
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![Matsumoto Grand Taiko Festival]( "Matsumoto Grand Taiko Festival")
5Matsumoto Grand Taiko Festival
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![Snow Machine Hakuba]( "Snow Machine Hakuba")
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![The Nakasendō: A Journey Through History]( "The Nakasendō: A Journey Through History")
7The Nakasendō: A Journey Through History
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![Yakitori Japan Festival]( "Yakitori Japan Festival")
8Yakitori Japan Festival
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10Shinshu Matsumoto Soba Festival
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Upcoming Nagano Events
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Lantern Festival in Nozawa Onsen 2024
Nozawa Holidays are hosting guests over the weekend of the 8th and 9th of September for the autumn lantern festival. The festival..
Activities
Cosmos Season at the Kurohime Plateau 2024
Nagano's Kurohime Plateau has been home to cosmos flowers for almost the last 50 years, and the area is a popular picnic spot..
Yakitori Japan Festival 2024
The Yakitori Japan Festival in Yamaguchi's Nagato City celebrates this much-loved foodie favorite, and the two-day event will..
Where to eat in Nagano
Food
St. Cousair Winery
Robert GreySt. Cousair, an award-winning winery located in northern Nagano Prefecture’s town of Iizuna, is a delightful spot to relax, en..
Japanese
Traditonal Miso Brewery Tour & Lunch
Akira MatsuoThere are many miso breweries in Nagano and some of them have their own shop. At Ishii Miso Brewery, you can see inside the br..
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Singing Norwegian Wood at "Rizanbo"
Jonathan HewittThere are secrets in the forest of Karuizawa. One of them involves an Englishman, his Japanese wife and their seven year old boy...
Places to stay in Nagano
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The Bathhouses of Shibu Onsen
Linka WadeShibu Onsen in Nagano Prefecture is a lovely onsen town in a gorgeous natural area. But it also has something more to offer - 9..
Ryokan
Koshinzuka
Anne LauenrothKoshinzuka is a charming minshuku - or traditional Japanese inn - near Tsumago on the Nakasendo in the Kiso Valley.
Latest Nagano Reports
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The Nakasendō: A Journey Through History
Alessio PompeoThis article discusses a historic route that connected Kyoto to Edo (present-day Tokyo): the Nakasendō
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Wellness Travel in Japan’s Northern Alps
Veronica CarnevaleTake a break from your everyday routine with a healing retreat in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. Here, cultural heritage, bountiful..
Culture
Komagane's Cedar Shrines
Arlene BastionKomagane's Kozenji and Omiya Isuzu Shrines exemplify how sacred cedars can augment a shrine's already holy atmosphere.