Stardust Theater in Haramura

An annual summer highlight for Kanto area folks fond of watching movies in the great outdoors, Stardust Theater returns to Nagano’s picturesque Yatsugatake Natural & Culture Park for its 33rd edition. Head out into the mountains for roughly a month’s worth of cinematic action, beautifully projected onto a massive screen, and enjoy an offbeat film experience under the starry sky far away from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo. Just don’t forget your warm jacket, as the 1,300m altitude ensures that it gets rather chilly at night. The programme, which can be viewed in full here, is a nice combo of old and new, Western and Japanese. This year's highlights include the heartwarming adaption of popular manga Kids on the slope, American musical film The Greatest Showman and Disney's and Pixar's mega-hit Coco.