Nagano is just a 90-minute shinkansen ride from central Tokyo, but for chefs in search of some of Japan’s freshest ingredients, the mountainous prefecture might as well be a world away from the ...

Sometimes known as the “roof of Japan” for its high altitude, Nagano Prefecture is famous for winter sports and bathing monkeys. Landlocked Nagano Prefecture in the Chūbu region of central Honshū is ...

The Dominik Hasek-led Czech Republic's gold medal hockey performance at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano is to Czechs what the Miracle on Ice is to Americans. “In the Czech Republic, it is one of those ...