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2026-04-01 / Last updated : 2026-04-01 Sylvain News

New Accommodation Tax in Nagano Prefecture

From June 1, 2026, guests staying in Matsumoto City or Nagano City will need to keep a new accommodation tax in mind when planning their trip. It is not a large charge, but it will become part of the cost of an overnight stay in either city. What Travelers Should Know For most guests, the system is simple. If the room-only, pre-tax accommodation charge is ¥6,000 or more per person per night, an accommodation tax of ¥200 per person per night will apply. This rate is scheduled to remain in place for the first three years. From June 1, 2029, the standard amount is set to rise to ¥300 per […]
2023-08-10 / Last updated : 2023-08-10 Sylvain News

Do You Know The TV Show “Why Did You Come to Japan?” We Welcomed Them to Matsumoto!

The TV show “Why Did You Come to Japan?” is a very popular program in Japan. Hundreds of thousands of viewers regularly watch the show to discover why foreigners choose to visit Japan. During the recent health crisis however, the program’s original format was no longer possible due to the border closure. A change was necessary. So what was that change? The Original Concept The show involves a television crew greeting foreigners at the arrival hall of Japan’s major airports. Most guests were therefore approached at Haneda International Airport or Narita International Airport in Tokyo, or even Kansai International Airport in Osaka.   Then the crew would then follow the visitors […]
2021-03-25 / Last updated : 2021-07-07 Sylvain News

The « Tamayura » Collection : Poetry by Shizuka Miyatsu – Available now!

We are pleased to announce the release of the Tamayura collection of poems – “I listen to myself attentively in silence” – available today! Take an opportunity to discover a local poet in bilingual French and Japanese. Shizuka Miyatsu – 宮津静 – invites you to share his unique vision of the world around him through his poetry. Meet the poet of Matsumoto! Shizuka & Miyatsu “I am giving you a part of Me, so that you no longer feel alone. In the world, one is with the other.” Ephemeral Western poets say that life is transitory and beautiful. One example of this is the Japanese tea ceremony, Simple beauty, without […]