Continuing Longmont’s longstanding relationship with Japan, visitors from the Japanese city of Chino spent last weekend in ...

Nagano (長野) is one of Japan’s top travel spots, known for its seasonal beauty, stunning mountains, and rich history and ...

Nagano Prefecture began shipping its original grape ... often did not drop as much as they would have in an average summer. “The color has little to do with the taste, but we cannot ship them ...

Last summer, JR West and Central Japan Railway ... Deep red strawberries from Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, left on a trip to Tokyo Station carried by JR East. Shinkansen tracks and trains ...

Hoshinoya Karuizawa's Mizunami Room in summer. Stay and play ... and with all five-star facilities to hand. The scenery in Nagano prefecture turns to a white wonderland in winter, with more ...

Six Japanese food professionals — including four acclaimed chefs — took on what seemed to all of them like a near-impossible ...

When Cold Stone arrived in Japan in 2005, it was a near-instant hit, with long lines of customers at just about every branch excitedly listening to the singing staff as they waited for their order.

During his visit to Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to get relief from the summer heat, he lost his son due to an eruption of Mount Asama. This tragic event spurred the construction of the chapel ...

One of seven artificially hatched Japanese rock ptarmigan chicks was found to have overwintered in the Central Japanese Alps, ...