Nagano prefecture

Detailed itinerary: 7 days in Central Japan - Gifu and Nagano Prefectures. What to do and what to see in Central Japan if you can spend a week in the area.

The Nagano Prefecture is an idyllic countryside with breathtaking sceneries. Enjoy the great outdoors with hiking, mountain biking and star gazing in the "Japan Alps".

Spread along the Northern Japanese Alps in central Japan, Azumino is a unique Nagano Prefecture destination known for clear mountain spring water and spiritual history, the flavors of soba and wasabi, and some fresh green local specialties. Azumino, Nagano: A City of Northern Alps Nature, Mountain Spring Water, and Wasabi When talking about wasabi in Japan, for […]

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Tsumago~ juku, Located in Nagiso, Nagano Prefecture, Tsumago-juku is the 42nd of the 69 post towns on the Nakasendō, a trade route that stretched over...

Tsumago © semitune We've got an achilles heel for places stuck in the past, and today on our armchair adventures, we're stopping off in the sleepy streets of Japan's cinematic post towns, known locally as Shukuba (宿場). What is a post town, you ask? Essentially it's a pit-stop, albeit a very charm

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Map of Nagano prefecture, Japan shows all the counties along with county boundaries and prefecture boundaries with their capital city.

Here’s everything you need to plan your Togakushi hike to visit the beautiful Togakushi shrines on the Five Shrines Trail in Nagano Prefecture. Find out how to get there and where to find the famous Cedar Tree avenue.