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  1. Snow Machine Hakuba
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    Snow Machine Hakuba

    Hakuba
  2. Nagano Lantern Festival
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    Nagano Lantern Festival

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  3. Kamikochi – The Japanese Alps
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    Kamikochi – The Japanese Alps

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

    Culture
  5. Matsumoto Frog Festival
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    Matsumoto Frog Festival

    Matsumoto
  6. Nagano's Famous Snow Monkeys
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    Nagano's Famous Snow Monkeys

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  7. Karuizawa Stone Church
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    Karuizawa Stone Church

    Karuizawa
  8. Hakuba Ski Village in Nagano
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    Hakuba Ski Village in Nagano

    Hakuba
  9. Climbing Mt. Asama
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    Climbing Mt. Asama

    Karuizawa
  10. Nagano Prefecture
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    Nagano Prefecture

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Upcoming Nagano Events

Snow Machine Hakuba
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Snow Machine Hakuba

Mar 1 - Mar 4th

For the first time, a major music festival is coming to a Japanese ski field in the winter! Snow Machine is a 4 day music festival..

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Where to eat in Nagano

St. Cousair Winery
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St. Cousair Winery

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St. Cousair, an award-winning winery located in northern Nagano Prefecture’s town of Iizuna, is a delightful spot to relax, en..

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Campfire Cafe

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One of the tours Picchio runs from the Hoshinoya Resorts is the Campfire Café. Go with one of their knowledgeable guides into ..

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Places to stay in Nagano

HOSHINOYA Karuizawa
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HOSHINOYA Karuizawa

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Hidden away in the valley of the Yukawa River, HOSHINOYA Karuizawa is a ryokan mixed with a luxury hotel and a spa retreat, an..

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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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