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Photo credits.

All photographs on this site depict Neba, Nagano, Japan. We are grateful to the photographers who share their work. Each image retains its own license.

Rice fields and village houses beneath a forested hillside in Tsukize, Neba.

Neba, Nagano, Japan

Neba Tsukize ac (1)

Photographer: Asturio Cantabrio ↗
Photographed: 2022-06
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
Source: Original file on Wikimedia Commons ↗
Changes: Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped to fit the page layout. Adapted images remain under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Verified: 2026-10-11

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

Neba, Nagano, Japan

Neba River Tsukize ac (1)

Photographer: Asturio Cantabrio ↗
Photographed: 2022-06
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
Source: Original file on Wikimedia Commons ↗
Changes: Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped to fit the page layout. Adapted images remain under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Verified: 2026-10-11

The broad trunk of Tsukize no Osugi, a Japanese cedar encircled by a sacred rope.

Neba, Nagano, Japan

Tsukize-no-Osugi ac (1)

Photographer: Asturio Cantabrio ↗
Photographed: 2022-06
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
Source: Original file on Wikimedia Commons ↗
Changes: Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped to fit the page layout. Adapted images remain under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Verified: 2026-10-11

Rows of young corn plants in a Neba field with agricultural buildings and wooded mountains beyond.

Neba, Nagano, Japan

Neba corn fields ac (1)

Photographer: Asturio Cantabrio ↗
Photographed: 2022-06
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
Source: Original file on Wikimedia Commons ↗
Changes: Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped to fit the page layout. Adapted images remain under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Verified: 2026-10-11

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