Travel Destinations in Nagano

Matsumoto Castle

Japan's Premier Black Castle

One of Japan's five National Treasure castles, famous for its striking black exterior and alpine ...

Tsumago-juku

Japan's best-preserved Nakasendo post town where cars are banned from the historic center, offeri...

Kamikochi

Kamikochi Alpine Valley

Japan's premier alpine valley in the Northern Japan Alps, featuring the crystal-clear Azusa River...

Obuse

A charming small town in northern Nagano famous for the Hokusai Museum, beautifully landscaped st...

Jigokudani Monkey Park

Snow Monkeys Bathing in Hot Springs

The world-famous site where wild Japanese macaques bathe in natural hot springs, especially photo...

Narai-juku

Narai-juku - The Best-Preserved Nakasendo Post Town

The best-preserved of the Nakasendo's eleven post towns in the Kiso Valley, with a kilometer-long...

Suwa Taisha

Suwa Taisha - One of Japan's Oldest and Most Revered Shrines

One of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan, spread across four buildings around Lake Suwa and famo...

Togakushi Shrine

Five-Shrine Complex with a Cedar-Lined Approach

A Shinto shrine complex of five shrines at the base of Mount Togakushi, with an Okusha approach l...

Zenko-ji

Zenko-ji Temple

One of Japan's most important and popular temples, home to the first Buddhist statue ever brought...

Bessho Onsen

Historic Hot Spring Town Known as the Kamakura of Shinshu

A historic hot spring town outside Ueda City, nicknamed the Kamakura of Shinshu for its concentra...

Karuizawa

Highland Resort Town with Shopping and Waterfalls

A highland resort town in eastern Nagano known for cool summers, outlet shopping, and nearby wate...

Senjojiki Cirque

Glacial Cirque in the Central Alps by Ropeway

A glacial cirque at about 2,600 metres in the Central Alps above Komagane, reached by the Komagat...

Utsukushigahara

Highland Plateau with an Open-Air Sculpture Museum

A highland plateau at about 2,000 metres straddling Matsumoto and Ueda, home to an open-air sculp...