Autumn leaves in October ... Tsumago, a former post town on the Nakasendō Highway, recreates the atmosphere of the Edo period (1603–1868). Nagano hosted the Winter Olympics in 1998, with ...

Cosmos flowers are nicknamed the sakura of autumn. At the Kurohime Green Garden in the highlands of Nagano, millions of delicate pink, red, and white cosmos carpet the slopes of a local ski resort.

Hiking on the Nakasendo trail in the Gifu and Nagano Prefectures of central Japan, I encounter more Buddhist jizo statues, waterfalls with ancient lore, and family farms than people. Such is the ...

Hop on the shinkansen at Tokyo Station and you’ll reach this mountain town in Nagano ... closing for good in autumn 2025. 2052-2 Nagakura, Karuizawa-machi, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano prefecture.

Hop onboard a Shinkansen and be whisked away from the bustle of city life to Nagano, an idyllic mountainous ... The best kept post town within the valley is Tsumago, which features a building ...

Colorful autumn foliage and climbers' tents are seen around the Northern Alps Hotaka mountain range's Karasawa Cirque, which is about 2,300 meters above sea level, in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture ...

Regardless of the fact that it is located in the centre of Nagano Prefecture – a popular location for ... the city has several districts which have retained their Edo era aesthetics – the post town of ...