Too much plastic in the ocean was the last straw for the city agriculture promotion center here.  So, the center is working ...

Nagano – Nagano is just a 90-minute shinkansen ride from central Tokyo, but for chefs in search of some of Japan’s freshest ingredients, the mountainous prefecture might as well be a world away from ...

Fireworks light up the night sky during the Nagano Ebisuko Fireworks Festival in this photo provided by the Nagano Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Nagano Prefecture is known as a leader in the ...

Located in central Japan, Nagano Prefecture has long been a hub that connects east and west Japan. The Northern Alps Art Festival explores the region's culture and traditions, while its history can be ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5 struck the mountainous Nagano prefecture in central Japan on Saturday ...

Nagano, Japan may be known as the site of the 1998 Winter Olympics, but the destination offers seemingly endless opportunities to enjoy year-round nature activities, as well as to go back in time ...

Nice area but you have to have a fetish for shovelling snow for 3 months every year. It hardly snows in most of Nagano. It rarely snows in Matsumoto or Nagano City, and only 10-15cm when it does. Even ...

A 50-yer-old man died after he was buried by snow while backcountry skiing in a national forest near a ski resort at Nozawa Onsen Village, Nagano Prefecture, on Monday. According to police, Norikazu ...