TOYAMA -- The autumn foliage of the Tateyama mountain ... the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route linking Toyama and Nagano prefectures in central Japan, the leaves are turning about a week later than ...

The mountain ranges known as the Japanese Alps are a spectacular backdrop to our ride across Nagano Prefecture, its forests glowing with the late autumn colors. With many 3,000m peaks, Nagano is ...

Nagano Prefecture, a mountainous region in central Japan just a train ride away from Tokyo, offers all kinds of opportunities for outdoor adventure. Although it’s not far from Tokyo, Nagano is a ...

The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower around us, beckoning us to their slopes. In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known ...

The entire prefecture in central Japan experienced ... Masuno at the Nagano Prefecture Forestry Research Center is concerned that mushroom growth will be severely impacted if autumn periods ...