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NaganoShrines & Temples
NaganoShrines & TemplesKomoro
Nunobiki Kannon
The birthplace of the saying about being led to Zenkoji by an ox. A hall built out over the cliff.
NaganoShrines & TemplesNagano
Minakamiyama
It carries a tradition of being the oldest pyramid in the world. A mountain of shugendo practice.
NaganoShrines & TemplesUeda
Kitamuki Kannon
Zenkoji is said to guard the next life and Kitamuki Kannon this one, so visiting both is the custom.
NaganoArchitectureMatsumoto
Matsumoto-jo
A surviving keep, and a National Treasure. The black weatherboarding gives it the name Crow Castle.
NaganoHistoric DistrictsNagiso
Tsumago-juku
The first post town in Japan to take up townscape preservation. Small shrines are dotted along the highway.
NaganoArchitectureShiojiri
Narai-juku
A post town once called Narai of a thousand houses, and a producer of Kiso lacquerware.
NaganoArchitectureNaganoNature & SceneryNagano
Okaidan Meguri
You feel your way along a pitch-dark corridor, and touching the lock is said to promise rebirth in paradise.
NaganoHistoric DistrictsNagano
Zenkoji Nakamise
The gate town of Zenkoji, known for the saying about being led to Zenkoji by an ox.
NaganoNature & Scenery
NaganoNature & SceneryYamanouchi
Snow Monkey Park
Japanese macaques that bathe in hot springs, said to be the only ones in the world.
NaganoArchitectureNagiso
Tsumago-juku
The first post town in Japan to take up townscape preservation. The power lines were hidden away.
NaganoHot SpringsUeda
Bessho Onsen
The Kamakura of Shinshu. Kitamuki Kannon and the National Treasure octagonal pagoda stand close together.
NaganoFestivalsNozawaonsen
Nozawa Dosojin
A shrine structure is built, then set alight, with the villagers defending and attacking it.
NaganoNature & SceneryMatsumoto and others
Utsukushigahara
A lava plateau at 2,000 metres, where cattle are put out to graze.
NaganoHistoric Districts
NaganoNature & Scenery
NaganoHistoric Districts
NaganoHistoric DistrictsAround Nagano
Shinshu Soba
Where rice grew poorly at altitude, buckwheat became the staple. Togakushi soba is the most renowned.
NaganoArt & CraftsNagano
Nagano Prefectural Art Museum
Rebuilt beside Zenkoji, its roof opened free to the public as a 'landscape museum' framing the town and mountains.
NaganoArt & CraftsNagano
Higashiyama Kaii Gallery
Holds the 970 works Higashiyama gave to the province, in a Taniguchi building reflected in still water.