Culture A Hokusai on the Ceiling Robert Grey Ganshoin Temple, located in northern Nagano's town of Obuse, contains one of the best kept local secrets around -- a large ce...
Activities Meet the Real Wasabi in Nagano Suwannee Payne Many people might think the wasabi we eat at Japanese restaurants or the green wasabi powder that has to be mixed with water ...
Transportation JR East: From Kanagawa to Matsumoto Jerome Lee The route from Nagatsuta Station (Kanagawa) to Matsumoto Station (Nagano) is completely covered by the JR East pass, and visi...
Accommodation Outdoor Fireplace at KAI Alps Rebecca Bourke How about sampling some delicious, hot Japanese sake or tea while warming your hands over a fire?
Accommodation KAI Matsumoto Rebecca Bourke Experience 13 different kinds of onsen and traditional Japanese design at a luxury Japanese hotel.
10 Activities Winter Climbing Komagatake C. Rio A few winters ago, I was recruited by my climbing buddy to explore one of the valleys below Komagatake. It was to be a three ...
Activities O-yu Onsen in Nozawa Onsen Rufus Starbuck Nozawa Onsen's iconic O-yu. One of the famous soto-yu of this mountain onsen town and ski resort.
Accommodation Hotel Bleston Court Hannah Warren Hotel Bleston Court is just gorgeous. Set amongst the trees of the Hoshino Resorts complex, every aspect of is designed to ma...
Food Kasuké Restaurant Hannah Warren Kasuke Hoshino was the man who opened the first Hoshino Onsen Ryokan, a simple ryokan on the site of the current resort, over...
Activities Picchio Hannah Warren Standing in a field, armed with binoculars, staring at a tree doesn’t sound like the best way to spend a chilly autumn evenin...
