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Nagano travel guide

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By Princessa


Nagano City is the capital of the Nagano Prefecture in the Honshu island of Japan. Around a million tourists visit Nagano annually as the city is famous for its temples, its hot springs and for hosting the 1998 Olympic Winter Games.

You can find very good quality Cheap accommodation in Nagano and surrounding villages. From here you can visit some of Japan’s most beautiful and ancient temples, relax in one of Nagano’s hot springs, enjoy the culinary specialities and explore some of the numerous National Parks in the area.


Zenkoji Temple.
Zenkoji Temple.
Zenkoji Temple.
Zenkoji Temple.
Nagano Matsushiro Castle
Nagano Matsushiro Castle

Nagano 1998 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony - Onbashira Festival

Places to see in Nagano

  • Zenkoji Temple. This is Nagano’s most famous attraction and also one of the most popular temples in Japan.
  • The 1998 Olympic Winter games venues, the most popular one is the M-Wave which houses the Nagano Olympic Museum.
  • Hachimanbara, once a battlefield it is now a public park.
  • The Nagano City Museum.
  • The Nagano Chausuyama Zoo
  • Shinano Art Museum where you can find masterpieces related to Nagano.
  • Kitano Museum of Art

  • The Academic CastleTown: Shinshu Matsushiro built from a 100,000 stones. Home to the samurai residences, and the Old School for Literary and Military Arts founded in 1855.
  • Nagano hot Springs, two of the most popular ones are Yudanaka and Shibu.
  • Lizuna village, famous for its Olympic ski resort.
  • Chubu-Sangaku National Park with some of its mountains over 3,000m, including Mt. Hakuba, Mt. Tateyama, Mt. Yari and Mt. Hotaka.
  • Joshinetsu Kogen National Park is famous for its wildlife home to endemic species such as Japanese serows and Japanese Macaques, it is also a natural habitat for the deer, red fox and the endangered Asiatic black bear.
  • Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park with eight peaks over 2000 m scattered over 1250 km².  The major point of interest is the Chikuma River.


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Snow monkeys in Jigokudani Hot Springs, Nagano


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frogdropping profile image

frogdropping  says:
7 months ago

Princessa - never heard of Nagano City. Now I have. It such a diverse place!

Thankyou - rated up :)

Princessa profile image

Princessa  says:
7 months ago

frogdropping: Always jumping from one discovery to another :) Thanks for the thumbs up!

Vladimir Uhri profile image

Vladimir Uhri  says:
7 months ago

 

Thanks for beautiful hub. I love to ski, but I do not to have to go to Japan to ski. :-).

BrianS profile image

BrianS  says:
7 months ago

This looks like my kind of place, architecture, scenery and skiing as well. Looks like a great place to visit, so who knows one day maybe!!

badcompany99  says:
7 months ago

Looks great as your hub covered inch of the place, great pics, great videos just one incredible hub, come teach me how to write a hub : )

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Princessa  says:
7 months ago

Vladimir: Thanks for stopping to comment.

Brian: It is fantastic to have all those things toguether in one place, ski in the morning and relax in th evening at one of the beautiful spas.

badcompany99 : :) Nothing to teach you, you have some great hubs of your own. I am your fan :)

nms profile image

nms  says:
7 months ago

beautiful place

Princessa profile image

Princessa  says:
7 months ago

nms: it is, and plenty of things to keep you busy too.

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efa_09  says:
7 months ago

Nice pictures!

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