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Information about the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano Prefecture

Nozawa Onsen is a small village located in Shimotakai region of north east Nagano Prefecture. The village has a population of under 5,000 people, but is a popular tourist destination throughout the year. Nozawa is renowned for it's onsen hot springs as well as the very popular ski and snowboard resort. The resort hosted the biathlon event at the 1998 Nagano Olympics.






 

In the small village the visitor can find a number of public natural hot spring onsen facilities. Nozawa maintains a traditional onsen village atmosphere with small winding steep pathways, traditional restaurants, stores and souvenir shops - it is a good place to visit if you want to enjoy some 'cultural' aspects of Japan as well as the snowsports.

The village is located to the east of Nagano City and it the journey from Nagano takes about one hour.  There is no train station in Nozawa with the closest being Togari Nozawa Onsen Station, but many people choose to take the bus from Nagano Station to Nozawa. By car, the resort is 20 minutes or so away from the nearest exit of the Joshinetsu Expressway.


Other popular ski regions are within reach of Nozawa. To the south is Shiga Kogen (approx. 1 hour), to the west is Madarao Kogen (45 minutes), beyond that Myoko Kogen (1 hour) and just to the east of Nozawa is the border with Niigata Prefecture. It takes about 80 minutes to get from Nozawa to Yuzawa.

Nozawa Onsen (Nagano)

 
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