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Looking to advertise your business in the local area? Explore the Heart of Japan unites the local ski and travel community like never before. It is the home base for all things current within the region: news, weather, snow reports, videos, photos, forum, events and more. Unlike other ski websites (which are world wide or all-Japan), we are focused on a hyper-targeted and responsive demographic in the local region. Explore the Heart of Japan and its partners are a recognisable logo/brand that speaks for itself. Our web visitors can connect with freestyle AND backcountry skiers, recreational AND hardcore skiers plus general travellers to the region. Advertise with us! Nagano, Madarao, Myoko & Hakuba Background Explore the Heart of Japan is a well recognised authoritative guide to the Japan ‘White Triangle’. Our first local website was launched in 2003 as the first English site focused solely on the region. We now…
Nagano Japan | Explore the Heart of Japan
. Nagano Japan welcomes you! Enjoy our new ‘Nagano: Explore the Heart of Japan’ website exploring everything that Nagano has to offer! Nagano Japan | Explore the Heart of Japan Nagano Japan is one of the fastest growing and hottest destinations for inbound tourists to Japan. Nagano has relatively fewer attractions than some of the more famous Japanese tourist meccas; however, the city’s location amongst the Japan Alps helps provide a unique variety of sites with historical, cultural, and natural characteristics that is hard to match elsewhere in the country. Come visit Nagano – you will not be disappointed! Nagano Japan: Explore the Heart of Japan Destination Nagano Nagano’s natural environment also draws skiers to resorts in the nearby Japan Alps such as Madarao Kogen, Nozawa Onsen, Shiga Kogen, Togari Onsen and Hakuba, as well as the many ski resorts of nearby Myoko Kogen – just across the border. Nature…
Kamesei Ryokan | Togura-Kamiyamada Onsen, Nagano
Kamesei Ryokan is a traditional ryokan inn featuring warm wood construction, gardens throughout, onsen hot spring bath and gourmet meals. Centrally located to the best of Nagano. Your experience starts at our spacious lobby that offers restfull views of the koi pond and central garden. Then we lead you to your guestroom, perhaps across the watari roka passageway by the many tsubo-niwa pocket gardens to one of the detached rooms with a private garden. Or up the stairs to one of the 2nd floor rooms that provide views of the tree-covered hills surrounding the Chikuma River valley. All of our guestrooms are traditional Japanese style with straw tatami mat floors and rice paper shoji screen doors but have private toilets. Kamesei Ryokan in Togura-Kamiyamada Onsen, Nagano Kamesei Ryokan offers convenient day trips to the Jigokudani snow monkeys, spiritual Togakushi Mountain, Matsumoto Castle, Zenkoji Temple and so much more. We can also arrange genuine local geisha to entertain you and your fellow…
Japan Onsen Town: Togura-Kamiyamada Onsen
Togura Kamiyamada Onsen Town is blessed with the storied river and mountain and valley, and is central to the best Nagano has to offer. Visit the the Japan onsen town.
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About Explore The Heart of Japan Explore the Heart of Japan is an Australian registered travel business which publishes a number of popular online web guides in the Myoko and Nagano regions. Our websites More About Us About Us: Explore the Heart of Japan Explore the Heart of Japan has local offices in both Japan and Australia (see contact details here) and has been proudly supporting tourism in the region since 2003. We work with many local tourist authorities for promotion purposes but do not have any commercial affiliation, nor do we receive any subsidies. Explore the Heart of Japan brings you up to date local ski area information, maps, weather forecasts, local onsen information, live web cams for checking out snow and road conditions, ski and local videos plus lots of other information on local attractions, festivals and events. We also provide the largest number of accommodation choices on…
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Bookings & Requests Looking to request accommodation Nagano or arrange a Nagano City hotel booking but not quite sure where to look? Fill out the Nagano accommodation booking form here and we can do the searching for you! You can also book accommodation in Hakuba, Nozawa, Shiga Kogen and many other places online with instant confirmation. Go here for: Madarao Accommodation | Hakuba Accommodation | Nozawa Accommodation Go here for: Shiga Kogen Accommodation | Myoko Kogen Accommodation Go here for: Togari Onsen Accommodation | Snow Monkey Accommodation | Lake Nojiri Accommodation If the Nagano accommodation request link here is not working send your Nagano hotels booking request via our contact form. Request Accommodation Nagano
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Check out snow and weather conditions around the Nagano, Hakuba, Nozawa Onsen, Matsumoto, Snow Monkeys, Shiga Kogen, Myoko and many other Nagano areas via our Nagano webcams. You can check many more Nagano webcams throughout the area in Shiga Kogen – Snow Monkeys – Hakuba Village – Myoko Kogen – Madarao/Nozawa Please be patient – these images are provided by third parties and therefore may require different loading times. Note: Some webcams may only display during the winter snow season Nagano Webcams | Snow Cams Nagano Live Nagano City Kamikochi Webcam (4K live) Ryuoo Ski Resort – Mountain Station Myoko Kogen Webcam See more Myoko webcams. Book Myoko accommodation Find the best deal & read what other travelers say about local travel | Nagano webcams Nozawa Onsen Lake Nojiri Hakuba Webcam For more Hakuba webcams check out Destination Hakuba Shiga Kogen Webcams God of Romance Resort, Kijimadaira Japan Snow Monkey Park…
Japan Onsen Town Accommodation | Togura-Kamiyamada Onsen
Looking for a stopover in some traditional Japanese Onsen Town accommodation? The Japanese onsen town of Togura Kamiyamada Onsen is located in Chikuma City, a small city of 63,500 people in the countryside of Nagano Prefecture, just south of Nagano City. Located in between Mt. Kamuriki and the Chikuma River the traditional Japanese onsen town of Togura Kamiyamada Onsen offers the opportunity for visitors to soak in soothing mineral waters at a traditional Japanese ‘ryokan’ inn. Togura Kamiyamada Onsen Town is blessed with the storied river and mountain and valley, and is central to the best Nagano has to offer. Come and make a new page in the story of your trip to Japan. Japan Onsen Town Accommodation – Togura-Kamiyamada Onsen See here for more tourism information on the Japanese onsen town Featured Japan Onsen Town Accommodation Kamesei Ryokan is a traditional ryokan inn featuring warm wood construction, gardens throughout,…
