Step inside Japan's forest of Mononoke, hidden in the mountains of Nagano. This beautiful moss-filled forest is closed for ...

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 ...

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 ...

The accident comes about one year after American world champion halfpipe skier Kyle Smaine and another skier were killed by an avalanche in the mountains of central Japan. Police in Nagano ...

The number of people who became stranded on mountains in Japan rose to 3,568 in 2023 ... By prefecture, Nagano had the highest number of stranded people, at 332, followed by Hokkaido, at 245 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan is filled with mountain shrines, some hard to get to, some hard to traverse, and some, mysterious and beautiful. Togakushi Shrine in Nagano may be rather easy to access, but it's all about ...

NAGANO—The heat wave and low rainfall this year have delayed and decimated harvests of mushrooms, an autumn delicacy, in the usually productive mountains ... in central Japan experienced a ...

The bodies of two men caught in an avalanche on Sunday have been found in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Extensive searches took place after the incident, which happened on the east slope of Mount ...