A year-round guide to Nagano prefecture — Takato Castle cherries in April, Iiyama nanohana in May, Kamikochi in summer, autumn colours at Kamikochi and Tateyama-Kurobe, snow monkeys at Jigokudani in winter, and every major festival in between.
Nagano
Travel guide to Nagano prefecture — alps, onsen, Olympic legacy.
Inside Minami-Nagano Sports Park — the 1998 Winter Olympics complex. M-Wave speed-skating oval, Kazuo Shinohara architecture, the Olympic Museum, cherry blossoms, baseball at the Olympic Stadium, and how to combine it with Zenko-ji.