A day-trip bathing facility in Iriyamabe on the mountainside of Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture has been offering an "apple ...

Come with us on a journey back into history as we visit Matsumoto City in Nagano Prefecture. Matsumoto lies along the Mitsuboshi Kaidou, otherwise known as Three Star Road, which received three ...

From January through mid-November 2025, some 1,664,900 people visited the Kamikochi resort in the Northern Japan Alps in this ...

Nestled in the picturesque Japanese Alps of Nagano Prefecture, Matsumoto Castle has long been an emblem of history, culture and now, gastronomy. On Oct. 16 and Oct. 17, this national treasure served ...

Calm Matsumoto is perhaps best known as bewigged artist Yayoi Kusama’s hometown, and with the city museum and even some of the local buses decked out in polka dots, spending a day or two here is a ...

The coastal city of Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture has had a longstanding sister-city relationship with Matsumoto, a city nestled in the alps of Nagano Prefecture, which has inspired many Japanese ...

- A rich and milky dough made using only milk, without any water - The natural sweetness of Hokkaido wheat and a fluffy, chewy texture - Made with honey, fresh cream and butter. Slightly sweet and ...

MATSUMOTO, Nagano Prefecture--Towering Matsumoto Castle, one of the grandest feudal fortresses in Japan, welcomed a record number of foreign visitors during the recently ended Golden Week holidays.

The “bus team versus train team” race in the Shinetsu region continues. The teams are racing from Matsumoto Castle in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture to Takada Castle in Joetsu City, Niigata ...

The “bus team versus train team” race in the Shinetsu region continues. The teams started from Matsumoto Castle in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture and their goal is Takada Castle in Joetsu City, ...