Nagano Hidden Gems
Au cœur des Alpes japonaises. Les singes sauvages se baignant dans les sources chaudes de Jigokudani, le château noir de Matsumoto, la vallée alpine de Kamikochi à 1 500 m et les nouilles soba de Shinshu définissent une préfecture où montagne et tradition ne font qu'un.
13 spots
Le toit du Japon : chaînes alpines, relais de poste sur l'ancien Nakasendo et l'architecture en bois de temple la plus ancienne du pays.
Climat et meilleure saison
Étés frais en altitude et hivers froids et enneigés ; ville hôte des Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1998. Randonnée de juillet à octobre, ski de décembre à mars.
Spécialités culinaires
- Shinshu soba
- Oyaki
- Wasabi
- Miso
Lieux emblématiques
- Vallée de Kamikochi
- Temple Zenkoji
- Relais de poste de Tsumago et Narai
- Singes des neiges 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…