SHUICHI ABE: Nagano is in central Japan, heading a little north into our mountains. It takes just about one hour to reach Nagano from Tokyo by bullet train, so it is easily accessible for visitors ...

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

According to preliminary figures, the overall number of alpine accidents in Japan was 298 from January to Dec. 14 this year. The annual record is 300 mountain accidents, set in 2013. Nagano ...

A giant snow corridor has been ploughed through the northern Alps in central Japan, finally enabling the ... in Toyama Prefecture and Omachi City in Nagano Prefecture with transportation services ...

Tokyo — World champion halfpipe skier Kyle Smaine and another skier died after getting buried in an avalanche in the mountains of central Japan over the weekend. Police in Nagano Prefecture said ...

The Japan News also reported that in Matsumoto, Nagano, about 4,000 cherry trees were seen at their peak on Saturday (April 12) on an ancient tomb against a view of the snow-capped Northern Alps ...

Nagano Prefecture, the road continues into an area of holiday villas and golf courses scattered among the forests at the foot of the Yatsugatake mountains. Along the way, it passes the Togariishi ...