Official Travel Guide of Shinanomachi, Nagano

  In Shinano town, located in the northern part of Nagano Prefecture, the autumn is coming much earlier than Tokyo and Osaka. The autumn colors starting from the top of the mountain at the end of September, then coming down to the middle to the bottom of the mountain step by step. From the end of October to the beginning of November, the forests around Lake Nojiri also become amazing autumn color. The cosmos garden in Kurohime highland have its peak during September. In addition, there are rice fields with shining golden color and buckwheat fields with white flowers all over. The autumn of Shinano town is a breathtaking beauty. Hiking and Cycling in the beautiful autumn season in Shinano …

Shinetsu 5 mountains Trail Running Race 2018 was held in Shinetsu Highlands in Shinano town, Myoko City, Iiyama City, and Nagano City , from September 15th to September 17th 2018. A spectacular trail running race which is competed in two divisions of 100 miles (160 km) and 110 km course distance around Shinetsu 5 mountains range. The majority of Shinetsu highland, which is a convention area, is designated as Myoko Togakushi renzan National Park and holds a magnificent and very valuable natural ecosystem. It is a competition considering the natural environment in various ways such as limit the number of participants, maintaining the trail before and after the competition, and using part of the participation fee to support local organizations …