Nagano is home to the Japanese Alps, which consist of three mountain ranges across the prefecture. In fact, 15 of the 23 mountains in Japan that are 9,800 feet or so high are found in Nagano.

This multimodal route through the country’s Northern Alps is a great alternative to the similar journey around Mount Fuji — ...

Police and emergency services personnel resumed a search on Sunday for two men who have been missing for two days in the Northern Alps in Nagano Prefecture. The two men, Kentaro Nakamura, 23, a ...

The Japanese Alps tower around us, beckoning us to their slopes. In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet ...

Nagano Prefecture is known for its mountains, hosting part of “the Japan Alps,” a term coined by a British man during the Meiji Era (1868 to 1912). Mountain ranges above 3,000 meters stretch ...

Located in central Japan, Nagano Prefecture has long been a hub that connects east and west Japan. The Northern Alps Art Festival explores the region's culture and traditions, while its history ...

Once believed extinct in the Central Japan Alps, rock ptarmigans hatched at a zoo were transported to a mountain in Nagano Prefecture for eventual release into the wild. It will be the first ...

Based on a report from Japan News, the fire department of the Kita-Alps in Nagano, Japan received 919 emergency calls between December 16th last year to January 23rd, 134 of those were false calls ...

This week, three metres of powder snow will coat Japan’s Central Alps, a region Nobel Laureate Yasunari Kawabata labelled ...