Tsumago~ juku, Located in Nagiso, Nagano Prefecture, Tsumago-juku is the 42nd of the 69 post towns on the Nakasendō, a trade route that stretched over...

Spread along the Northern Japanese Alps in central Japan, Azumino is a unique Nagano Prefecture destination known for clear mountain spring water and spiritual history, the flavors of soba and wasabi, and some fresh green local specialties. Azumino, Nagano: A City of Northern Alps Nature, Mountain Spring Water, and Wasabi When talking about wasabi in Japan, for […]

The Nagano Prefecture is an idyllic countryside with breathtaking sceneries. Enjoy the great outdoors with hiking, mountain biking and star gazing in the "Japan Alps".

Tsumago © semitune We've got an achilles heel for places stuck in the past, and today on our armchair adventures, we're stopping off in the sleepy streets of Japan's cinematic post towns, known locally as Shukuba (宿場). What is a post town, you ask? Essentially it's a pit-stop, albeit a very charm

We're so ready for autumn color like this! 🍁🍂 This is Narai-juku – it was a post town along the Nakasendō, an Edo period route that connected Tokyo to Kyoto. The area has been listed as one of Japan's Nationally Designated Architectural Preservation Sites, so it's definitely the kind of place where you can feel as if you've stepped back in time! 📷: @lll_photo_---- 📍Narai-juku, #Nagano.⁣⠀.⁣⠀.⁣⠀.⁣#JapanTravel #MyJapan #japangram #japanfan #ilovejapan #visitjapan #wanderlust #traveler…

Map of Nagano prefecture, Japan shows all the counties along with county boundaries and prefecture boundaries with their capital city.