Nagano Prefecture is known for its mountains, hosting part of “the Japan Alps,” a term coined by a British man during the Meiji Era (1868 to 1912). Mountain ranges above 3,000 meters stretch north to ...

Nature has always been a muse. Be it for the singers and poets who compared their lover to a ‘sunny day’ to artists and painters who cannot have enough of the beautiful sunrise, the blooming daisies, ...

“A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who ...