Culture Trip to Matsumoto Castle Rebecca Bourke If you can manage to tear yourself out of the glorious onsen at KAI Matsumoto, why not check out the nearby Matsumoto castle?
10 Culture Japan Ski Museum in Nozawa Onsen Rufus Starbuck The Japan Ski Museum in Nozawa Onsen is an impressive collection of ski memorabilia tracing the development of the sport thro...
9 Culture Nakamachi-dori street, Matsumoto JJ Walsh High quality, traditional craft shops, beautifully decorated in the style of old storehouses line this side street. A great w...
Culture Matsumoto City Museum of Art JJ Walsh Yayoi Kusama's cheerful modern art displayed in the same building as traditional classic artwork in this beautifully designed...
Culture Wakita Museum of Art, Karuizawa Peter Sidell Close to Karuizawa station in Japan's Nagano prefecture, Wakita Museum of Art is a peaceful place to enjoy the Japanese paint...
Culture Hiroshi Senju Museum, Karuizawa Peter Sidell In the Japanese resort of Karuizawa close to Tokyo, the Hiroshi Senju Museum displays Senju's alluring paintings in a uniquel...
Culture Kamikochi and the Japan Alps Tomoko Kamishima Mountaineering as a leisure activity in Japan started after Westerners came here. Walter Weston left full records about his e...
Culture Karuizawa Shaw Memorial Chapel Tomoko Kamishima Owning a summer cottage in Karuizawa is now a status symbol in Japanese. But the first cottage was built by a conservative fo...
Culture Kamikochi Kappa-bashi Bridge Tomoko Kamishima Kappa-bashi Bridge is the busiest spot in Kamikochi, and is almost like the famous Shibuya Crossing intersection. It was so c...
Culture A Tiny Shrine Under a Big Tree Robert Grey Go to Iiyama's remote Karayama neighborhood and there is a surprise for you. Off the side of the main road going through this...