Nagano Hidden Gems
Corazón de los Alpes japoneses. Los monos salvajes bañándose en aguas termales en Jigokudani, el castillo negro de Matsumoto, el valle alpino de Kamikochi a 1 500 m y los fideos soba de Shinshu definen una prefectura donde la montaña y la tradición van de la mano.
13 spots
El techo de Japón: cordilleras alpinas, pueblos de postas en el antiguo camino Nakasendo y la arquitectura en madera de templo más antigua del país.
Clima y mejor temporada
Veranos frescos en las alturas e inviernos fríos y nevados; sede de los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de 1998. Senderismo de julio a octubre, esquí de diciembre a marzo.
Gastronomía típica
- Shinshu soba
- Oyaki
- Wasabi
- Miso
Lugares emblemáticos
- Valle de Kamikochi
- Templo Zenkoji
- Pueblos de postas de Tsumago y Narai
- Monos de nieve de Jigokudani
Shibu Onsen
Shibu Onsen has operated for 1,300 years as a hot spring village, and walking its cobblestone alleys at night under gas…
Zenkoji Temple
Zenkoji Temple (善光寺) guards Japan's first Buddhist statue, a golden Amida triad carried from Korea in 552 AD. The statue…
Karuizawa Resort Town
Karuizawa (軽井沢) is Japan's original resort town, established in 1886 when Canadian missionary Alexander Croft Shaw built…
Nakamachi Street
Nakamachi (中町通り) is Matsumoto's former merchant district, lined with traditional kura storehouses built in the late 1800…
Obuse Chestnut Sweets
Obuse grows chestnuts the way Napa grows grapes — with obsessive attention to terroir, varietal selection, and centuries…
Matsumoto City Museum of Art
Matsumoto City Museum of Art (松本市美術館) is dedicated primarily to Yayoi Kusama, the avant-garde artist known for her polka…
Utsukushigahara Open-Air Museum
Utsukushigahara Open-Air Museum (美ヶ原高原美術館) is Japan's highest art museum, located at 2,000 meters elevation on the Utsuk…
Matsumoto Castle
Matsumoto Castle (松本城) is one of Japan's five National Treasure castles and the oldest surviving original wooden donjon…
Magome-juku
Magome-juku (馬籠宿) is another Nakasendo post town, built on a steep hillside with dramatic views of the Kiso Valley and M…
Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre
The Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre (まつもと市民芸術館, opened 2004) is a striking contemporary building designed by architect…
Tsumago-juku
Tsumago was a post station on the Nakasendo, the mountain road that linked Kyoto and Tokyo during the Edo period. When t…
Hokusai Museum
The Hokusai-kan Museum (北斎館) in Obuse displays works by ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) created during the…
Matsumoto Timepiece Museum
The Matsumoto Timepiece Museum (松本市時計博物館) houses one of Japan's largest collections of mechanical clocks, watches, and t…