Kiso
Tsuzura Castle Ruins
At about 2,900 metres, the highest alpine lake in Japan, its water clear and blue.
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Komoro
Ouse Shrine
About 400 trees, centred on the riding ground above the Chikuma River. Many varieties bloom at different times, so the season is long.
Chino
Ryunji Temple
A lift with a 350-metre rise to the main peak of the Kirigamine uplands, two four-seat sections in succession.
Matsumoto
Shounji Temple
Displays on the nature and history of Utsukushigahara — a stop before walking the uplands.
Nagiso
Tsubame Nagaden Taxi
One district of the Tsumago preservation area, with overhanging-beam houses and side fire walls along the highway.
Ikeda
Obuse Guide Center
A town museum looking out to the Northern Alps over farmland, holding works by artists drawn to this country.
Ikeda
Obuse Tourist Information Center
A walk through the streets of Ikeda, with the Alps in view and sake breweries and storehouses close by.
Karuizawa
Obuse Highway Oasis and Roadside Station Oasis Obuse
Karuizawa, Kutsukake and Oiwake, known as the three stations at the foot of Asama. Oiwake thrived at the branch of the Hokkoku highway.
Ina
Highway Oasis Obuse General Park
A middle station on the Ina road, which carried goods into the Ina valley from the Nakasendo, Tokaido and Koshu highways. The house of one of the Takato domain's leading farmers.
NaganoNature & ScenerySaku
Floral Garden Obuse
Shows the surviving brushwork of Tenrai Hidai, called the father of modern calligraphy, who was born here.
Nagawa
Hiramatsu Farm
The 28th of the 69 Nakasendo stations. Built in 1861, rebuilt in time to lodge Princess Kazunomiya.
Suzaka
Ganshoin Temple
Held to be one of Japan's three great Fudo temples. Its image is said to have been Uesugi Kenshin's personal Buddha, prayed to at Kawanakajima.
NaganoNature & SceneryOkaya
Genshoji Temple
Okaya was a great silk district from the early Meiji years, known abroad as Silk Okaya. This tells that history and keeps the machines.
Nakano
Jokoji Temple
A museum for Tatsuyuki Takano, who wrote the songs Furusato, Momiji and Oborozukiyo. His birthplace stands 300 metres away.
Chikuma
Ryoan Antique Ceramics Collection
Inariyama post town, busy with pilgrims to Zenkoji. White-walled storehouse buildings still stand in a row.
NaganoNature & SceneryIiyama
Takai Kozan Memorial Museum
A 110-kilometre long trail along the Nagano-Niigata border, walking through beech forest.
Fujimi
Chiisana Kuri-no-Ki Museum of Art
A nature park at 1,450 metres, with 50 works set outdoors from sculpture symposiums that invited artists from Japan and abroad.
Shimosuwa
Japan Lamp Museum
Part of what was called the finest stroll garden on the Nakasendo remains. Many daimyo lodged at this main inn.
NaganoNature & SceneryAnan
Roadside Station Shinshu Niino Sengokudaira
A roadside station where you can make gohei mochi, distinctive here for its wavy shape.
Chikuhoku
Sakurai Kanseido Main Store
The Hokkoku highway runs north to south through the Honjo district, which prospered as an intermediate station. Old houses remain at Midarebashi and Nishijo.
Omi
Matsubaya Main Store
A campsite of mainly bungalows on the Hijiri uplands. The barbecue area is roofed, so it works in rain.
Minowa
Kurian Fumido
Cabins, drive-in pitches and free pitches on grass, with some pitches wired for power.
Tateshina
Obusedo Main Store
A school at two ski areas on the flank of Mount Tateshina, with classes graded from beginner to advanced.
NaganoNature & SceneryHakuba
Sakurai Kanseido Sensekitei
See the three-level autumn colour of the Northern Alps. A gondola takes you to the 1,289-metre summit, and dogs may ride too.