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Atera Gorge in Nagano – Japan Photo of the Month (July 2011)

It’s the end of July, two months into summer in Japan. Again, we have another tasty high-resolution Japan Photo Of The Month photo and wallpaper. The humidity in summer here in Japan is very high, so this month we travelled to the Nagano Alps, ...

Narai-juku: Experience Traditional Japan Along The Nakasendo

Nakasendo is the name of an old and well known Japanese ‘highway’ that was used during the Edo period (1603 – 1867). The Nakasendo area in Kisoji is almost exactly halfway between Kyoto and Tokyo in Nagano Prefecture. In the Kisoji ...