Omachi sits at the foot of the Northern Alps in northwestern Nagano. 03:40 These mountains straddle a fault that divides Japan's main island into east and west.

Mountain ranges peaking at an altitude of 3,000 meters continue for over 120 kilometers, which encompass the three prefectures: Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka. The Southern Alps originated 40 ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency said that as of noon on Monday, 1.23 meters of snow had been observed in Nozawa Onsen Village. Nagano prefectural government officials are urging people to choose ...

A dog and its owner ventured out for a morning walk in heavy snow in Japan’s Nagano Prefecture on February 5, as a winter storm hit parts of the country’s north. Footage filmed by X user ...

Once believed extinct in the Central Japan Alps, rock ptarmigans hatched at a zoo were transported to a mountain in Nagano Prefecture for eventual release into the wild. It will be the first ...

Hakuba Goryu Snow Resort is in Hakuba Valley, Nagano Prefecture ... easy to reach and offers stunning views of the Northern Japan Alps. The name Goryu means ‘Five Dragons.’ ...

OMACHI, Nagano Prefecture–Two missing climbers were found safe after they survived on river water for days in the Northern Japan Alps, police said. One climber, a 26-year-old from Tokyo’s ...