Visit an origami artist famed in Japan and abroad for their work, and dive into the art and designs fostered by Nagano's powerful natural landscape.

Nagano Prefecture--The chief priest at Sanadajinja shrine here had a potentially lethal problem on her hands. The COVID-19 pandemic wasn't letting up, but visitors were still pouring in to visit ...

NAGANO—The heat wave and low rainfall this year have delayed and decimated harvests of mushrooms, an autumn delicacy, in the usually productive mountains of Nagano Prefecture. Mount Jizukiyama ...