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.
15 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
Hotaka Mountain Range
The Hotaka Range runs along the spine of the Northern Japanese Alps, a series of 3,000-meter peaks connected by knife-ed…
Hakuba Valley
Hakuba Valley (白馬) is a collection of 10 interconnected ski resorts in the Northern Japanese Alps, host of alpine skiing…
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (Nagano side)
The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (立山黒部アルペンルート) is a 90km mountain sightseeing route crossing the Northern Japanese Alps…
Shibu Onsen
Shibu Onsen has operated for 1,300 years as a hot spring village, and walking its cobblestone alleys at night under gas…
Nozawa Onsen
Nozawa Onsen (野沢温泉) is a 700-year-old hot spring village that doubles as one of Japan's premier ski resorts. The village…
Kamikochi Valley
Kamikochi sits at 1,500 meters in a glacial valley carved between 3,000-meter peaks. The road in closes mid-November thr…
Togakushi Shrine
Togakushi Shrine (戸隠神社) is a complex of five Shinto shrines scattered across the forested slopes of Mount Togakushi, con…
Karuizawa Resort Town
Karuizawa (軽井沢) is Japan's original resort town, established in 1886 when Canadian missionary Alexander Croft Shaw built…
Daio Wasabi Farm
Daio Wasabi Farm (大王わさび農場) is Japan's largest wasabi cultivation facility, covering 15 hectares of terraced fields fed b…
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…
Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park
Jigokudani Yaen-koen (地獄谷野猿公苑, 'Hell Valley Wild Monkey Park') is the only place in the world where wild Japanese macaqu…
Bessho Onsen (Nagano)
Bessho Onsen (別所温泉) is a quiet hot spring town with a remarkable concentration of Kamakura-period (1185–1333) temples, e…
Yudanaka Onsen
Yudanaka Onsen (湯田中温泉) is a traditional hot spring town serving as the gateway to Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park. The town…
Happo Pond
Happo Pond (八方池) is a small alpine pond at 2,060 meters elevation on the Happo-one ski resort's summer hiking trail, fam…
Shiraito Falls (Karuizawa)
Shiraito Falls (白糸の滝, 'White Thread Falls') is a 70-meter-wide curtain waterfall where hundreds of thin streams cascade…