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  • Accommodations in Obuse

    Accommodations in Obuse

    Obuse is a small town with several attractive sites for foreign visitors. Many visitors come here and stay for several hours during the day. But Obuse offers cozy accommodations and restaurants loved by locals. I recommend staying here to enjoy walking around Obuse and exploring the North Nagano Area by car, bus, and train. Shiga…

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  • Enjoy the Chestnut food in Obuse

    Enjoy the Chestnut food in Obuse

    Obuse is well-known for its delicious local specialties and creative cuisine.  Please discover local food specialties and restaurants here. Chestnut is a famous local specialty of Obuse.  Chestnuts are used in Japanese sweets, Western desserts, steamed rice with chestnuts, and more. Next let’s go to a Japanese food restaurant. Here you can taste “Kuriokowa”. It…

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  • Airport transfer to/from Resort, and between Resorts

    Airport transfer to/from Resort, and between Resorts

    We have renewed this site. Please check the tariffs for airport transfer to/from resort and those for between resorts. Are you planning to visit the North Nagano Area in Japan this winter? We would appreciate if you could review the information on our site and consider our charter bus service.

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  • A chartered bus to Mt. Norikuradake in Kita-Alps

    A chartered bus to Mt. Norikuradake in Kita-Alps

    A day in the middle of Aug. this summer, we ran a chartered bus round trip from Shinanomachi in Nagano Pref. to Mt. Norikuradake in Kita-Alps. The customers were the residents of the second house community in Shinanomachi, where our company, LAMPYA, is based. Mt. Norikuradake has a height of 3026m and consists of many…

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  • Wild monkeys in Kamikochi

    Wild monkeys in Kamikochi

    Kamikochi is a beautiful mountain resort at the base of Mt. Hotaka with a limpid stream of the Azusa River in the Chubu Sangaku (Central Mountains) National Park.  These days, with beautiful fresh green leaves, many people visit there, including those from overseas.  You can enjoy Kamikochi by walking and trekking if you take a…

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  • Nakasendo walking

    Nakasendo walking

    On sunny day of May, I walked Nakasendo trail from Yabuhara-jyuku to Narai-jyuku. I just wanted to walk along Torii Pass, which is popular with foreigners. The Nakasendo trail is the old mountain route that connects Tokyo and Kyoto during the Edo Period (1603-1867). The Torii Pass that I walked this time was one of the…

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  • Snow Spaceship?! in NAGANO

    Snow Spaceship?! in NAGANO

    This is not a spaceship. We have much snow this season. It’s located by the side of Lake NOJIRI,NAGANO. It’s snow mountain made by snowplow.

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