Lush forests, soaring mountains, a unique history mixing East and West, plus outlet shopping and golf courses galore: Karuizawa has something for everyone ... and a full-color map. Even with little or ...

In the interior designer Ed Ng’s study, inside the Karuizawa, Japan, home that he shares with his partner, the architect Terence Ngan, a Patrice Besso painting hangs over a vintage desk.

At the foot of Mt. Asama, lies Karuizawa, one of Japan's most well-known resort areas. In the late 1880s, foreign missionaries began building holiday cottages in the town to escape Japan's fierce ...