Shinshu soba is from Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Shinshu soba’s name comes from Shimano, which is the old name of Nagano Prefecture. What makes this soba so distinctive is the great temperature ...

Soba and Oyaki represent mountainous Nagano’s dry weather. An interesting thing about Japanese food is that every food has colorful stories to tell. In this article I wish to share with you an amazing ...

The project takes the highly praised and uniquely prepared vegetables of Nagano Prefecture's Ina Valley ... in Japan looking to not only support people in the area and battle food waste, but also try ...

Nagano is just a 90-minute shinkansen ride from central Tokyo, but for chefs in search of some of Japan’s freshest ingredients, the mountainous prefecture might as well be a world away from the ...

NAGANO, Japan -- The central Japanese city of Nagano is tapping the rich history of its atmospheric Matsushiro district to lure overseas visitors, aiming to give travelers a taste of the past ...

To my editor I am now happy to reveal that Nagano is fast joining the elite ranks. The landlocked prefecture in Honshu's Chubu region is home to several dairy farms. Their average quality is quite ...

During his rare time off, he and his wife, Hiroko, enjoy cooking simple Japanese food at their Mission District apartment. Nagano, 41, says broiled fish and pickled vegetables are standard when ...

INA, Nagano Prefecture--Too much plastic in the ocean was the last straw for the city agriculture promotion center here. So, the center is working to spread the use of plastic-free drinking ...