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"Don't overestimate your ability" - Experts warn hikers and skiers flocking to the Japanese Alps after record rescues
The mountains of Nagano Prefecture are a popular destination, but 13 people were reported missing or dead there in 2024 ...
Japanese Alps see record rescue numbers amid rising tourist risk, outdoor safety concerns
Japan’s breathtaking, yet treacherous, mountains of Nagano Prefecture experienced an alarming surge in rescue operations in ...
Japanese veteran mountaineer promotes eco practice to protect hometown mountains: Take everything home with you
NAGANO: Yoshitomi Okura, a 74-year-old mountaineer from Iida, Nagano Prefecture, advocates "eco mountaineering," a way of ...
NBC Los Angeles4d
These 10 Asian markets offer high returns on short-term rentals — half top $40,000 a year
Vacation rentals in Hakuba, Japan can bring in, on average, more than $60,000 a year in revenue for short-term rental ...
Pique Newsmagazine6d
Chasing Japow
A lmost a century after the Japanese government hired famed Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider to introduce Alpine skiing ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser23d
Japan’s ski resorts, struggling to survive, court foreign tourists
MATSUMOTO, Japan ... Nagano prefecture, of the Mt. Norikura Snow Resort in Matsumoto. Located at the foot of the 9,928-foot-tall Mount Norikura in the Northern Japanese Alps, the resort opened ...
The New York Times21d
Japan’s Ski Slopes Have Too Much of a Good Thing: Snow
He and a cameraman, Gabriel Koschier, 28, flew to Japan on a whim in early February because the snow in the Alps wasn’t particularly ... events for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
NBC Chicago4d
These 10 Asian markets offer high returns on short-term rentals — half top $40,000 a year
Located in the Japanese Alps, Hakuba is a popular destination for winter sports. The village was home to the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics ... Kyoto is one of Japan's most popular tourist destinations.