A natural phenomenon called "Omiwatari," in which ice forming on the surface of Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture splits to ...
An ice bridge rises up from Lake Suwa, connecting its opposite shores. Local people have documented this omiwatari or "the God's Crossing," for hundreds of years. But changing weather patterns ...
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 ...