Nagano 6 spots
Nagano is Japan's high mountain interior. Wild monkeys sit in the hot spring at Jigokudani all winter with no glass in between, and Matsumoto's black castle keep is one of the original ones. Summers stay cool up at Kamikochi.
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A zoo laid out across a hillside, with a monorail running to its north gate.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
A 71.1-hectare hilltop park northwest of Matsumoto that holds a zoo and a nature museum.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
Naganobi! Nagano Children's Museum
An indoor playground of five themed areas, built around nature, animals and science.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Aug ’26
Kamikochi is a flat valley floor at 1,500 meters in Chubu Sangaku National Park.
Stroller OK · Nursing room · Changing table · checked Sep ’26
The Kiso Valley holds eleven post towns of the Nakasendo, the old Kyoto–Tokyo road.
Changing table · Family restroom · checked Oct ’26
Narai-juku is a preserved travelers' post town on the old Nakasendo road in Nagano.
Changing table · Family restroom · checked Oct ’26
