Origin of Nagano prefectural name
NAGANO – Long Field 長野県 “Nagano” refers to the long (nagai 長い) or “flowing” (nagareru 流れる), gently sloping field (almost like a delta) on the Nagano Basin (also called Zenkoji-daira)…
Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park, Nagano
Among wildlife photographers outside Japan, the two most sought-after wildlife subjects in Japan are the tancho red-crowned cranes (in Hokkaido) and the so-called “snow monkeys” in Nagano. Those of us…