# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Matsumoto Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/matsumoto-castle): Nagano, Castle. One of Japan's five National Treasure castles, famous for its striking black exterior and alpine mountain backdrop.
- [Zenko-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/zenko-ji): Nagano, Temple. One of Japan's most important and popular temples, home to the first Buddhist statue ever brought to Japan.
- [Jigokudani Monkey Park](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/jigokudani-monkey-park): Nagano, Attraction. The world-famous site where wild Japanese macaques bathe in natural hot springs, especially photogenic in winter snow.
- [Tsumago-juku](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tsumago-juku): Nagano, Historic site. Japan's best-preserved Nakasendo post town where cars are banned from the historic center, offering an authentic glimpse of Edo-period village life.
- [Obuse](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/obuse): Nagano, City. A charming small town in northern Nagano famous for the Hokusai Museum, beautifully landscaped streets, and exquisite chestnut sweets made from locally grown chestnuts.
- [Suwa Taisha](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/suwa-taisha): Nagano, Shrine. One of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan, spread across four buildings around Lake Suwa and famous for the spectacular Onbashira festival.
- [Kamikochi](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kamikochi): Nagano, Attraction. Japan's premier alpine valley in the Northern Japan Alps, featuring the crystal-clear Azusa River, dramatic mountain panoramas, and well-maintained hiking trails through pristine wilderness.
- [Togakushi Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/togakushi-shrine): Nagano, Shrine. A Shinto shrine complex of five shrines at the base of Mount Togakushi, with an Okusha approach lined by centuries-old cedar trees.
- [Narai-juku](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/narai-juku): Nagano, Historic site. The best-preserved of the Nakasendo's eleven post towns in the Kiso Valley, with a kilometer-long stretch of beautifully maintained Edo-period wooden buildings. Once the most prosperous stop on the historic highway between Kyoto and Edo.
- [Karuizawa](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/karuizawa): Nagano, Region. A highland resort town in eastern Nagano known for cool summers, outlet shopping, and nearby waterfalls.
- [Shibu Onsen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/shibu-onsen): Nagano, Onsen. A narrow, stone-paved onsen street in the Yokoyu valley with nine public bathhouses that are locked to everyone but residents and people staying the night. Your inn lends you the key. Day visitors can use only the ninth, Oyu, for 800 yen. Jigokudani Monkey Park is further up the same valley.
- [Bessho Onsen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/bessho-onsen): Nagano, Onsen. A historic hot spring town outside Ueda City, nicknamed the Kamakura of Shinshu for its concentration of old temples.
- [Utsukushigahara](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/utsukushigahara): Nagano, Park. A highland plateau at about 2,000 metres straddling Matsumoto and Ueda, home to an open-air sculpture museum and wide mountain views.
- [Senjojiki Cirque](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/senjojiki-cirque): Nagano, Mountain. A glacial cirque at about 2,600 metres in the Central Alps above Komagane, reached by the Komagatake Ropeway.
- [Mount Asama](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mount-asama): Nagano, Mountain. The 2,568-meter volcano that smokes behind Karuizawa, on the Nagano and Gunma border. The crater is always closed; at alert Level 1 hikers can reach Maekake-yama, and at Level 2 the turnaround is Kurofu-yama on the old outer rim.

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Last updated: 2026-11-13