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Shirahone Onsen Area
Located nearby Mount Norikura and Kamikochi, Shirahone Onsen is a small grouping of guesthouses set deep within the Chubu Sangaku National Park. Translating as the 'White Bone Hot Spring', the wate...Best Places to Stay in Matsumoto
Matsumoto is one of Central Japan’s most historic and rewarding cities, with plenty of accommodation to choose from in and around the city including multiple hot spring towns located nearby. On t...Best Places to Stay In & Around Kamikochi
Kamikochi is one of Japan’s beautiful and rewarding outdoor destinations boasting some of the country’s best alpine hotels, rustic mountain guesthouses and scenic campgrounds. On this page you wi...[AUG 14 ONLY] 1-Day Tour: Azumino Fireworks Festival & Snow Monkeys
**PLEASE NOTE - Due to restrictions on the festival due to the continued impact of COVID-19, we are unable to operate this tour in 2022. We hope to offer this tour again in 2023**.Highlights...[SEPT 27 ONLY] 1-Day Tour: Snow Monkeys & Local O-Fune Festival In Nagano
**PLEASE NOTE - due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and restrictions that may be placed on the festival, we are unable to offer this tour in 2022. We hope to operate it again in 2023.**Highli...(Special Event) 1-Day Tour: Cherry Blossoms of Takato Castle Park
**PLEASE NOTE – we are unable to offer this tour in 2024. We hope to operate it again in 2025**.Blooming every spring, Japan's fabled cherry blossoms are stunning to behold and at the top of ma...2-Day Snow Monkey Tour: Nagano To Takayama via Matsumoto
Situated between the popular destinations of Tokyo and Kyoto, the mountainous of region of Nagano is the literal heart of Japan and a road less travelled by many international visitors. This tour c...Matsumoto Craft Fair
May is known as the Month of Crafts in Matsumoto and every year on the last Saturday and Sunday of May the Matsumoto Craft Fair is held at the Agata-no-Mori park. Here people from all over Japan come ...Tatsuno Hotaru (Firefly) Festival “Japan’s fireflies dance”
The Tatsuno Hotaru Festival (辰野ほたる祭り)is held every year in mid-June at the town of Tatsuno. The mystical fireflies will be abundant, over 10,000 if lucky, in this area and it attracts people from far ...