MATSUMOTO, Nagano Prefecture—Matsumoto city will raise entrance fees for Matsumoto Castle but will not charge foreign tourists more than Japanese visitors, Mayor Yoshinao Gaun said at a news ...

The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower around us, beckoning us to their slopes. In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known ...

MATSUMOTO, Nagano Prefecture--Towering Matsumoto Castle, one of the grandest feudal fortresses in Japan, welcomed a record number of foreign visitors during the recently ended Golden Week holidays.