The rocky Neba River flowing below a small bridge, village houses and green forest in Tsukize.
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio

BEYOND THE FAMILIAR

Take the
quieter road.

Small villages. Deep forests. A different rhythm.
Discover the Japan that invites you to stay a little longer.

Discover Neba
NEBA, NAGANO 根羽村
A little further

THE ART OF GOING SLOWLY

There is more to Japan
than the well-trodden path.

Beyond the bright lights, another Japan unfolds. A river beside a village. A tree that has watched centuries pass. A landscape worth taking your time with.

RURAL JAPAN is an invitation to look a little closer.

PLACES WITH A STORY

Start somewhere small.

OUR FIRST DESTINATION / 01
Rice fields and village houses beneath a forested hillside in Tsukize, Neba.
An everyday landscape in NebaPhoto: Asturio Cantabrio
THE VILLAGE COLLECTION
NAGANO PREFECTURENO. 01

根羽村

Neba, Nagano

Where the forest meets the everyday.

A great cedar. Quiet rivers. Hills wrapped in green. Meet a small village at the edge of Nagano, where nature is part of daily life.

FORESTSRIVERSVILLAGE LIFE
Explore Neba

LESS RUSH. MORE WONDER.

A place is more
than a pin on a map.

Take a detour. Read the landscape. Leave time for the things you didn’t come looking for.

The story behind RURAL JAPAN
The broad trunk of Tsukize no Osugi, a Japanese cedar encircled by a sacred rope.
Look a little closer · Neba, NaganoPhoto: Asturio Cantabrio
A JOURNEY, JUST BEGINNING

One village at a time.
More of rural Japan to come.

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