The basin, ringed by the Yatsugatake mountain range and the Southern Japanese Alps and with Lake Suwa at its center, abounds in natural resources. It flourished long before Japan became unified as ...

A ceremony is seen on Lake Suwa in the town of Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2018, after the appearance of the "Omiwatari" natural phenomenon of an ice ridge on the lake's surface was ...