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...
Jigokudani Monkey Park
Snow Monkeys Bathing in Hot Springs
The world-famous site where wild Japanese macaques bathe in natural hot springs, especially photo...
Zenko-ji
Zenko-ji Temple
One of Japan's most important and popular temples, home to the first Buddhist statue ever brought...
Obuse
A charming small town in northern Nagano famous for the Hokusai Museum, beautifully landscaped st...
Kamikochi
Kamikochi Alpine Valley
Japan's premier alpine valley in the Northern Japan Alps, featuring the crystal-clear Azusa River...
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...
Karuizawa
Highland Resort Town with Shopping and Waterfalls
A highland resort town in eastern Nagano known for cool summers, outlet shopping, and nearby wate...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Shibu Onsen
Nine Locked Bathhouses, a Key from Your Inn and a Towel to Stamp at Each One
A narrow, stone-paved onsen street in the Yokoyu valley with nine public bathhouses that are lock...
Mount Asama
An Active Volcano Where the Alert Level Decides How Far You Climb
The 2,568-meter volcano that smokes behind Karuizawa, on the Nagano and Gunma border. The crater ...