Short-staffed ski resorts in Nagano Prefecture are increasingly relying on foreign labor, and employers are dangling free use of the winter facilities to secure enough workers for the season. The Kuma ...

Tucked away in the Japanese Alps, Nagano is quietly building a reputation as one of Japan’s most exciting destinations for food and sake lovers.

Nagano is just a 90-minute shinkansen ride from central Tokyo, but for chefs in search of some of Japan’s freshest ingredients, the mountainous prefecture might as well be a world away from the ...

Sometimes known as the “roof of Japan” for its high altitude, Nagano Prefecture is famous for winter sports and bathing monkeys. Landlocked Nagano Prefecture in the Chūbu region of central Honshū is ...

Nagano, Japan may be known as the site of the 1998 Winter Olympics, but the destination offers seemingly endless opportunities to enjoy year-round nature activities, as well as to go back in time ...

Nozawa Onsen, a village in Nagano located on the border with Niigata, stands at the foot of Mount Kenashi, where the region’s hot springs bubble up from the ground. The springs are said to have been ...