The rose garden adjacent to Azumino City Museum (formerly Toyoshina Modern Art Museum) next to Azumino City Hall is now at peak bloom.
You can enjoy about 250 varieties and more than 500 repeat-blooming roses!


Rose Week 2025: Saturday, May 24 – Sunday, June 1
Although the museum is closed, the museum garden will hold a plant sale on Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25, from 9:00 a.m. to around 3:00 p.m., timed with the roses’ bloom. A pottery market by the Hotaka Pottery Center will also take place on the same days.


Azumino City Museum
(Under renovation / scheduled to reopen on August 30, 2025)
399-8205
5609-3 Toyoshina, Azumino, Nagano
Phone: 0263-73-5638
Fax: 0263-73-6320

We present the official tourism association website that packs together the charms of Sakuhomachi in Nagano Prefecture—tourist information, access details, dining spots and more♩

It's convenient for checking before your trip!
Be sure to take a look☺

▶Visit the Sakuhomachi Tourism Association website here
https://yachiho-kogen.jp/

In Sakuhomachi, Nagano Prefecture, the noble prince azalea (Tougoku mitsuba azalea) is reaching its peak bloom.
Against the soft fresh greenery, the vivid pink stands out, and just walking through it lifts your spirits in this season.
Come see this fleeting scenery while it lasts ☺

【✨The irises along Nogu River are at their best🏔】
As the moss phlox at Nogu River Riverside Park finishes, the irises lining Nogu River have come into full bloom😊 Bright azaleas are blooming alongside them🌺 and the snow-capped Northern Alps are visible upstream🏔
🌺Flower update 2025🌼 is below🔽🔽🔽
https://kanko-omachi.gr.jp/news/88859/

More and more people are visiting Nagano City to see the movie that is currently being opened to the public!
You can also visit the movie version of the pilgrimage to the Holy Land (around Nagano Downtown) and the original pilgrimage to the Holy Land (around Kawanakajima) ✨

Yume Farm will Held in a Lavender Festival from June 1st (Sun) ~ July 21st (Mon). Various events are planned this year as well!

There are also refreshing drinks for a limited time, so please (^^) come to Rikugo surrounded by a healing aroma

* If you want to use the 60 yen discount ticket for soft serve ice cream on the leaflet, please print it out before coming to the venue and bring it with you. (Black and white is also acceptable)

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【Dream Farm】
Kitaazumi-gun, Nagano Prefecture, Ikeda Town, Rikugo 7454-6
TEL　0261-62-5510
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The old JNR Shinonoi Line track bed in fresh greenery
Lush zelkova trees along the abandoned line and a brick tunnel dating from the Meiji era
This is an excellent route for hiking

A water‑welcoming ritual took place on the Saigawa River flowing through Azumino.

At the confluence of the Saigawa, Takasegawa, and Hotakagawa rivers, a Shinto ceremony was held to pray for a bountiful harvest for the year, the prevention of water disasters, and the development of tourism.

We give thanks for the blessings of water that flow down from the Northern Alps.

Toyooka Iris Garden is still in full bloom.
Over 200 varieties of iris set against the scenic Ina Valley.
Please enjoy your visit.

For more details about the Iris Garden, see below:
https://www.vill-nagano-toyooka-kanko.jp/tourism/tourist-spot/hana/3280/

[Hanakien Opens]

Hanakien on Yachiho Kogen opens today, Saturday, May 10. 🌸
The garden is filled with blooming pink azaleas (rengetsu tsutsuji), Enkianthus (dodantsutsuji), and three-leaf azaleas (mitsuba tsutsuji), and in June the park will be dyed red with flowers. 💐💐
Come and visit us. 🌳🥰

Opening period: Saturday, May 10, 2025 – Sunday, October 5, 2025
Hours: 8:30 AM–4:20 PM (last admission at 3:30 PM)

Yachiho Kogen Natural Garden
A nature garden that captures the natural beauty of Yachiho Kogen...😌🩷

At the garden, you can enjoy three walking courses suited to your available time♬
White Trail: 1 km, about 30 minutes
Blue Trail: 1.5 km, about 50 minutes
Green Trail: 2.5 km, about 80 minutes

In spring and summer, the highland flowers bloom, and in autumn the leaves turn brilliant—there’s plenty to see!🍁
We hope you’ll come and visit😸✨✨

🌼 Azalea Mountain Park 🌼 in Toyono
Best time to visit this weekend!! *Photo taken on May 8
We are updating the flowering Information in Nagano City on our Home page!

Nagawa Town
The mountains have turned bright young green and deep forest green, growing lush and vibrant!!😄💪!
The fields reflect on the water laid across the paddies, creating a lively scene✨

Doesn’t this kind of road make you want to ride a bicycle🚵?😉


Search for Nagawa Cycle (E-BIKE)🔍
Half day (4 hours) from 1,000 yen〜

"Toshio Suzuki and Yellowtail Exhibition"
Zenkoji Temple Limited Held in Commemorative Goods are now on sale at Zenkoji Temple Gift Shop!
When you come to "Toshio Suzuki and the yellowtail Exhibition", be sure to stop by Zenko Temple!

Hot air balloon flying at the foothills of Mount Asama
Every year during Golden Week, the Saku Roux Festival is Held in in Saku City. Hot air balloons flying at the foothills of Mt. Asama have become a tradition.

Mount Jōnen as seen from Azumino under a stretch of clear weather

If you look closely, you can spot the snow pattern called “Jōnenbō” on the mountain’s slope

Can you make out the figure of a monk wearing a kasaya robe and carrying a sake flask?

People long ago used this snow pattern as a seasonal cue for tasks such as sowing seeds and planting rice seedlings, weaving it into their daily lives

Azumino is now just entering the rice-planting season

[Omachi City Flower Update 🌷]
Cherry blossoms are entering their final stage, but in Omachi City the moss phlox, rhododendrons, and flowering peach trees are coming into full bloom 🌸✨
At the National Alps Azumino Park, Omachi Matsukawa Area, which is hosting "Spring Festa 2025", you can enjoy delicate baby blue eyes (nemophila) and tulips ✨🌷
🌷Flower Report 2025🌸
https://kanko-omachi.gr.jp/news/88859/
🌳National Alps Azumino Park🌳
https://azumino-koen.jp/oomachi_matsukawa/

National Government Park Alps Azumino Horigane-Hotaka area is reaching peak bloom for tulips and rapeseed flowers!

A tulip field of 117 varieties totaling 320,000 bulbs and a five-million-strong carpet of yellow in the satoyama terraced-rice-field zone stretch as far as the eye can see.

For details, visit the official website of National Government Park Alps Azumino
https://www.azumino-koen.jp/horigane_hotaka/

This morning, Azumino chilled down to 3 degrees.

Under a high-pressure system, the blue sky spread above a breathtaking scene.

The white peaks of the Northern Alps reflected in a mirror-like sheet of water.

Azumino is now entering its most beautiful season.

The weather is fine and Carp streamers are swimming 🌼 comfortably in the sky
The rape flowers are also in full bloom, so please come and visit us during Golden Week!
Nagano City Nakajo "Alps Observation Square Dream Station"
[Shooting date] 2025/4/30

Against the backdrop of the snowy Northern Alps, you can enjoy a bright rapeseed field that looks like a yellow carpet!

Ipponzakura in Hakuba Village Plain, Nagano Prefecture
You can take pictures with the remaining snow of the Northern Alps in the background.
The cherry blossoms in Hakuba Village bloom late in late April.

【Nakatsuna Lake Is in Full Bloom 🌸】
The Oyamazakura cherry trees around Nakatsuna Lake, famous for their reflections on the water, are now at their peak bloom🌸I went before dawn to capture the reflections😌There was a slight breeze so the water wasn’t a perfect mirror, but mist over the lake created a magical scene✨
Sakura bloom status is 🌸
https://kanko-omachi.gr.jp/news/88713/

Ricefield tilling has begun here and there across Azumino, and the rice-planting season has arrived.

Next, after the fields are flooded and leveled, the seedlings will be planted.

During this rice-planting period you can see Azumino’s miraculous spectacle, the “water mirror”.

[Now Released Today!!]
The feature film Detective Conan: The One-Eyed Specter premieres today 🎬️👓️🎀🎉
Nobeyama Highlands in Minamimaki, Nagano Prefecture—the setting for the film and home to the Nobeyama Radio Observatory of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan📡—offers spectacular views of the Yatsugatake Mountains⛰️, the JR line’s highest elevation point🚞, the highest-elevation railway station in Japan, Nobeyama Station🚉, one of Japan’s three premier stargazing spots🌠, and top-tier production of highland vegetables nationwide, including leafy greens, corn, and broccoli🥬🌽🥦. There are so many great places and products to enjoy—please take this chance to discover the charms of Minamimaki Village ✨
▼Access information to the Nobeyama Radio Observatory is here
https://www.kanko-nobeyama.jp/info/?p=2413/

Merhen Kaido Opening Ceremony
Thank you for waiting! The Mugi-kusa Pass is now open ✨
Merhen Kaido is now passable starting today. 👀✨
Come feel the scenery, the air, and the breeze at 2,127 meters above sea level—see you soon by car 🚗

We will 🍜 Held in the 70th anniversary talk Events of the birth of tsukemen × the enforcement of the town system

Inheriting the teachings of Mr. Yamagishi, the god and master of ramen,
Shinsuke Tauchikawa, who runs "Daishoken" in Water from Yamanouchi Town and Tokyo Tea, and Toro Kitao, a non-fiction writer who depicts his appearance.
Through the dialogue between the two, why don't you ❓ feel the pride of the town and the origin of the taste of tsukemen

After the Events, "Reprint Mori Soba" will be sold at "Yamanouchi Daishoken" in the station resort center of Shiga Highlands Mountain!

Date & Time: Sunday, June 1, 2025 10:00 Registration starts
10:30 Start ~ 12:00
Venue: Shiga Highlands General Hall 98 (7148-203 Heiza, Yamanouchi Town, Shimotakai County, Nagano Prefecture)
Participation fee: Free (advance application required, lottery will be held if there are many applications)
Capacity: 80

To apply, use the dedicated form!

For details, please contact the Regional Creation Section of the Town Future Creation Division (0269-33-3113).
Or visit our Home page (URL below).
https://www.town.yamanouchi.nagano.jp/soshiki/chiikisozo/gyomu/specialtalkevent2025/3939.html

This is an announcement of Kaede no Yu's May Closed Day- ̗̀📣

The Vacation in May is on the 7th (Water) and 8th (Thursday).
We will be open during Golden Week, so we are ♨️ looking forward to your Use 𓈒𓂂𓏸

Cherry blossoms are in Best time to visit all over Nagano City!
[Best time to visit cherry blossom spot as of 4/17]
🌸 Cherry blossoms in Shiroyama Park
🌸 Cherry blossoms at Zenkoji Temple Unjoden
🌸 Cherry blossoms at Kawanakajima Ancient Battlefield Historic Site Park
🌸 Chausuyama Dinosaur Park Entrance
🌸 Kobayashi Temple's Someiyoshino (Shinonoi)

Tour de Yatsugatake 2025 Concluded
Two days have passed since the conclusion of Tour de Yatsugatake 2025.

Despite course changes due to the weather, many riders gave their all, and thanks to the supporters and the staff who backed the event, we were able to finish the race safely.

Going forward, the organizing committee will continue working to create an event that inspires people to take on a challenge and that draws them back again.

See you again in Yatsugatake! 🚴‍♂️

Sakaki Town is also in full bloom ♪ now
It's ✨ beautiful
The weather looks good tomorrow, so it's a cherry blossom viewing day.
Let's ♪ go out