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Nagano
A 2,000 m grassland plateau with 360-degree alpine panoramas, grazing cattle and the iconic Ougatou viewpoint.
A 1,665 m plateau above Lake Suwa offering a 360-degree sweep of the Alps and Mt. Fuji beyond the lake.
The principal upper shrine of the ancient Suwa Grand Shrine, one of Japan's oldest and most powerful Shinto sites.
The autumn hall of Suwa Taisha's Lower Shrine, framed by a sacred sugi tree and a huge sacred rope.
A five-part mountain shrine reached through an avenue of 400-year-old giant cedars, steeped in ninja and creation myth.
A still forest pond that mirrors the serrated Togakushi peaks, one of Nagano's most photographed reflections.
The only place on earth where wild snow monkeys bathe in a natural hot spring, deep in a snowy Nagano valley.
A 1,300-year-old hot-spring town of wooden ryokan and nine public baths, best explored in yukata and wooden clogs.
A refined chestnut town where the aging ukiyo-e master Hokusai created some of his final masterpieces.
The preserved castle town of the Sanada clan, with restored ramparts, samurai homes, and a Zen garden.
A vast secret WWII tunnel complex dug to hide Japan's imperial command for a final stand.
Ancient moon-viewing rice terraces cascading toward the Chikuma valley, a designated National Scenic Beauty.
A sleek modern art museum beside Zenko-ji, with a rooftop water terrace and a gallery devoted to Higashiyama Kaii.
Home to Japan's only octagonal pagoda, a National Treasure hidden in the hot-spring hills of Bessho Onsen.
A north-facing Kannon hall paired in local belief with Zenko-ji, watching over the Bessho hot-spring valley.
Japan's oldest surviving shinmei-zukuri shrine, a serene National Treasure in the forests above Omachi.
A Zen temple above the old Kiso castle town with a celebrated dry rock garden and ties to the Kiso samurai clan.
A historic temple beside the ruins of Shinano's 8th-century provincial monastery, famed for its January fire festival.
A vast highland of ponds, marshes and forest that is Japan's largest ski area and a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
A 70-metre-wide curtain of spring-fed threads of water in the cool highland resort of Karuizawa.
A tranquil forest pond in Karuizawa famous for mirror-like autumn reflections, nicknamed Swan Lake.
A glacier-carved alpine bowl at 2,600 metres in the Central Alps, reached by Japan's highest-climbing ropeway.
A crystal-clear pond at 2,100 metres, cradled in a moss-carpeted primeval forest on Mount Kita-Yatsugatake.
Rolling grassland plateau above Lake Suwa, blanketed with daylilies in summer and vast panoramic views.
