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Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Kurohime Kogen is a highland resort located in Shinano Town, Kamiminochi District, Nagano Prefecture, at the foot of Mount Kurohime (approximately 2,000m above sea level). Formerly used as pasture and dairy farmland, it has been developed as a tourist destination, with flower fields and highland walks in the summer...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Lake Nojiri, located in Shinano Town, Kamiminochi District, Nagano Prefecture, is a freshwater lake attractive for its calm surface reflecting the surrounding mountains and its abundant natural beauty. Animal fossils and stone tools from the Paleolithic to Pleistocene periods have been discovered on the lakeshore and at the bottom, particularly those of the Naumann's elephant (Naumann's elephant).