MATSUMOTO, Nagano Prefecture--Hikers eager to savor fresh, cool mountain air and breathtaking scenery are descending on Kamikochi in central Japan now that summer has arrived. As with any wilderness ...

On a hike, blisters and sore leg muscles often come with the territory. But a stiff neck? That’s what I ended up with after hiking in Kamikochi, one of Japan’s most beloved mountain areas. There were ...

With a record 35 million foreign visitors expected in Japan this year, Kamikochi is an idyllic, relaxing break from some of the country's more heavily touristed destinations. Nestled in the Japanese ...

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Are you thinking that Kamikochi is just a mountain resort? Or that just walking around the area and enjoying the view is enough? If your answer is yes, you are only enjoying half of Kamikochi. The ...

In lush Kamikochi National Park the soundscape includes the rustle of birch trees and the song of the Japanese nightingale. Alamy If there's a sound that typifies summer in Japan, it's this: the ...

(THE BUSINESS TIMES) If your idea of Japanese mountain life is a stroll around the foot of Mount Fuji while eating hard-boiled eggs cooked in sulphuric hot spring water, it's time to learn more about ...

The Tokyo metropolitan area has about 36 million people, 160,000 restaurants, and at least 100 rail lines. The amount of activity packed into the capital area is at times magnetic. Other times — ...

Our two-day trip of enquiry and discovery on Alpico Kotsu’s Kamikochi Line - previously known as Matsumoto Electric Railway - in Nagano Prefecture continues. We had to return to the starting point of ...