Jigokudani Monkey Park
Snow Monkeys Bathing in Hot Springs
The world-famous site where wild Japanese macaques bathe in natural hot springs, especially photo...
Kamikochi
Kamikochi Alpine Valley
Japan's premier alpine valley in the Northern Japan Alps, featuring the crystal-clear Azusa River...
Lake Nojiri
Lake Nojiri: Ice Age Elephants Dug from the Lakebed by Volunteers
Nagano's second-largest lake after Suwa, near the Niigata border, where Naumann elephant fossils ...
Lake Suwa
A Lake at 759 m Known for Its August 15 Fireworks and Onsen Town
Nagano's largest lake, about 16 km round, with the hot-spring town of Kami-Suwa on its eastern sh...
Shimoguri no Sato
Shimoguri no Sato: A Hamlet on 38-Degree Slopes Above the Toyama Valley
A farming hamlet in the Toyama valley of southern Iida, its houses and potato fields spread over ...