NAKANO, Nagano Prefecture—Residents in this normally quiet mountainous city were trying to return to a sense of normalcy on May 26 after being shaken and terrified by a deadly assault and a ...
The mountain ranges known as the Japanese Alps are a spectacular backdrop to our ride across Nagano Prefecture, its forests glowing with the late autumn colors. With many 3,000m peaks, Nagano is ...
MATSUMOTO, Nagano Prefecture--Toru Awazawa hopes that drinking alcohol at an altitude of 2,367 meters over rough terrain will improve safety for alpinists in the Hotaka Mountain Range. Awazawa ...
Police in Nagano Prefecture said on Tuesday they rescued three foreign backcountry skiers who became lost on a mountain the ...
A 50-yer-old man died after he was buried by snow while backcountry skiing in a national forest near a ski resort at Nozawa Onsen Village, Nagano Prefecture, on Monday. According to police, Norikazu ...
Osmani García and his wife Laura thrive on unique experiences, especially those that involve nature and wildlife. Their ...
The bodies of two men caught in an avalanche on Sunday have been found in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Extensive searches took place after the incident, which happened on the east slope of Mount ...
A 58-year-old man has been killed in a suspected bear attack in Japan. Construction worker Yasuhiro Kobayashi was found in a forest in Nagano Prefecture on Friday afternoon. He had large wounds on ...