Area / Nagano
Nagano Power Spots
Nagano — discover the shrines, temples, nature spots, and sacred sites of this region. Spend a special moment at places where people have offered prayers for centuries.
Kamikochi
Kamikochi, in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, is a scenic mountain area in the Northern Alps, a r…
Bungui Pass (Zero Magnetic Field)
Located directly on Japan's largest fault line—the Median Tectonic Line—Bungui Pass is celebrated as…
Zenkoji Temple
Zenkoji, in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, is known as a non-denominational sacred site that welcomes ev…
Jigokudani Monkey Park
Jigokudani Monkey Park, in Yamanouchi, Shimotakai District, Nagano Prefecture, is a park where visit…
Mt. Ontake
Mt. Ontake is a stratovolcano 3,067 m high (main peak: Kengamine), the second highest volcano in Jap…
Togakushi Mountain & Forest
A sacred mountain said to be the place where the great door of the Rock-Cave of Heaven was hurled. T…
Togakushi Jinja
A complex of five shrines nestled in the sacred Mt. Togakushi area northwest of Nagano City. This si…
Ikushima Tarushima Shrine
Ikushima Tarushima Shrine stands in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, and is an ancient shrine enshrining two…
Hotaka Jinja
Hotaka Jinja, in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, is an ancient shrine widely worshipped as the 'chief gu…
Suwa Taisha
The head shrine of approximately 25,000 Suwa shrines nationwide, comprising four individual shrines …