Shinanomachi Onsen Nagano

Shinanomachi, in the northern Nagano highlands bordering Niigata on the Myoko mountain range, is the location of Nojiri Lake — Nagano's second-largest natural lake, famous for its excavations of Naumann elephant fossils from the last ice age — and the birthplace of the novelist Ogai Mori, whose literary legacy is celebrated in the small highland community surrounded by beech and larch forest. Shinanomachi Onsen Nagano draws on sodium and bicarbonate thermal waters from the geothermal resources of the Myoko volcanic mountain zone, offering restorative baths in a highland lake community where the Naumann fossil heritage, the Nojiri Lake summer resort culture, and the pristine northern Nagano mountain air create a distinctively refreshing and culturally interesting spa setting. The Nojiri Lake boating and fishing culture, the Myoko Kogen ski resort above the Myoko volcanic cone, and the Forest Therapy Road through the highland beech forests around Shinanomachi create a well-rounded natural destination for thermal wellness in the northern Nagano highlands.