All the barren trees around the lake turn beautiful when they are covered in snow. In the background are mountains covered in snow. Now in the middle of that scene place a mid-sized city. You have ...

The 76th Suwa Lake Fireworks Festival wows audiences at Lake Suwa in the city of Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 15, 2024. Starting at dusk, large-scale spherical "shakudama" fireworks and nearly ...

A glistening white road upon a frozen lake surface in central Nagano Prefecture is where the gods walk. Across Lake Suwa, a natural phenomenon referred to as “The Gods’ Crossing” appears in winter ...

Suwa Taisha is an ancient Shintō complex stretching along the shoreline of beautiful Lake Suwa in Japan’s mountainous Nagano Prefecture. This set of shrines rivals Japan’s better-known ...

SUWA, Nagano -- A natural phenomenon called "Omiwatari," in which ice forming on the surface of Lake Suwa in Nagano ...

The Suwa fisheries union estimated that around 80% of smelt in the lake washed up that day. A Nagano prefectural fisheries lab published a similar estimate. After the die-off, the prefecture ...

For hundreds of years, Shinto priests living on the banks of Lake Suwa, in the Nagano Prefecture of Japan, watched the surface of the lake freeze solid each winter. Partway through the winter ...

Kiyoshi Miyasaka climbs the stone steps of his shrine, autumn leaves crunching under his feet. The Shinto priest, dressed in white, aims an orange leaf blower at a row of cobblestones and clears ...

Grand Seiko has once again showcased its artistry with the introduction of two U.S. exclusive watches, the SBGA507 and SBGA509, each limited to 300 pieces. Paying homage to the transitional hues ...

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 ...