Nagano

Golden silence reigns with the dawn. There’s little but the sound of the Azusa River as it passes under the bridge like a cerulea...

I left Tokyo with a few friends long before the sun came up and started on the trail around 8 a.m. Everyone was groggy from l...

Can a bathhouse be closed if the front door is left open? The Naked Stranger likes to ponder philosophical questions of life,...

If you are a stranger in this strange land, the Naked Stranger is just like you. He is not from around here. He comes from a ...

Yoho Brewing is one of the few Japanese craft breweries without a brewpub or restaurant. Yet the well-known Yona Yona Ale the...

How well do you know Hakuba? You probably know this Nagano town sits at the base of the majestic Northern Alps. You may even know...

Ice climbers of all levels – and ages – have found a “sweet spot” among the eight peaks of Southern Nagano. According to l...

My name is Dave Enright and I am a self-admitted “Granola Cruncher.” Solitude, purity, spirituality are words often associ...