Nagano

Go backcountry skiing with Olympic skier Akira Sasaki, test Salomon and Atomic's latest gear and more!

As the local population ages in Japan’s countryside, a way of life begins to disappear. Travelers return to Japan’s historical hi...

A sleek new bullet train blazes a trail past the majestic Japan Alps, through Nagano City and continues on to the Japan Sea, whis...

Hakuba is a great backcountry launching point, but many visitors might not realize its full potential.

The Akiha Kaido runs from Chino City in southern Nagano down to Shizuoka Prefecture. The medieval pilgrimage route goes over six ...

The word for “hiking” in Japanese is “tozan”（登山）which literally means “to climb a mountain.” As the word suggests, the lofty goal...

It was a cold January evening in 1618. The guard shivered, stifled a yawn and shifted his weight from right to left in an effort ...

Training and preparation are paramount to playing safe in the backcountry, and recently guides and instructors are putting more e...