The original copy of “Shichiban Nikki” (Seventh diary) by famed poet Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827) returned to his hometown here ...

Shinano, Nagano Pref. – It’s a Saturday in late March and many residents and tourists in Nagano Prefecture are savoring the last snows atop the region’s world-class ski resorts. Along the shores of ...

Join us as we embark on a two-day trip of discovery on the Shinano Railway Line in Nagano Prefecture. The 65.1-kilometre local line with 19 stations connects Karuizawa Station in the historical town ...

Shinano, Nagano Pref. – Every three years, professional and amateur zooarchaeologists flock to Lake Nojiri, Nagano Prefecture, to search for the remains of an ancient giant: Naumann’s elephant.

To celebrate Mame Kurogouchi's 10th anniversary, the brand's first solo museum exhibition, "10 Mame Kurogouchi," will open at the Shinano Art Museum in Nagano Prefecture from June 19th. "10 Mame ...

NAGOYA--Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announced it will introduce “next-generation” tilting control technology for its Shinano express trains on the Chuo Line connecting Nagoya and Nagano ...

Japan’s landscape is often described as mountainous, narrow, and shaped by water. Rivers cut through that landscape in dramatic ways, sometimes fast and unpredictable, sometimes calm and deeply ...

C.W. Nicol is seen in Shinano, Nagano Prefecture, in April 2015. (Mainichi/Jun Sekiguchi) TOKYO -- Writer and conservationist C.W. Nicol passed away at a Nagano hospital on April 3 of rectal cancer.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, and 3 other locations July 19-Aug. 24, 2003; at Fuchū-shi Bijutsukan, Sept. 6-Oct. 19, 2003; at Nagano-ken Shinano Bijutsukan, ...