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Only 70-minutes from Tokyo using the Hokuriku Shinkansen, Karuizawa is one of Japan's oldest and most famous mountain resort towns. Sitting around 1000 metres above sea level, Karuizawa enjoys a ...

Open from mid-April until mid-November, the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route is one of Japan’s most iconic destinations. Known as the ‘Roof of Japan’, the dramatic alpine landscape is inaccessible th...

Declared a national park in 2015, Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park – 妙高戸隠国立公園 – is a relatively compact region within easy reach of Nagano City. Although small, the park is densely-packed...

Conveniently located between Nagano and Karuizawa, Ueda and the nearby hot spring town of Bessho Onsen blend the historic with the nostalgic in creating a charming destination offering lots of li...

While the port city of Toyama somewhat lives in the shadow of nearby Kanazawa and is often over-looked, it can be easily used as a transit point enroute to the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route and ot...

Open to the public from mid-April until mid-November each year, the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route crosses Japan's highest mountain from Nagano Prefecture to Toyama Prefecture and in doing so, open...

As a stop on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line running from Tokyo to Tsuruga through Kanazawa, Toyama Station is a convenient point from where to explore Central Japan. Located nearby the popular Tate...

Accessed via the hot spring town of Unazuki Onsen in Toyama Prefecture, Kurobe Gorge is known for its natural beauty and one of Japan's most scenic rail lines, the Kurobe Gorge Railway. Completed...

Most famous for the historic Nakasendo Trail and its beautifully preserved "post towns," the Kiso Valley is blessed with some of Central Japan’s most beautiful natural landscapes and cultural s...