Chikuma
Ryoan Antique Ceramics Collection
Inariyama post town, busy with pilgrims to Zenkoji. White-walled storehouse buildings still stand in a row.
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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.
Neba
GLASS STUDIO Licco
Japanese buckwheat stone-ground on site, with hand-cutting to try from the fresh flour. Weekdays only, by reservation.
Omi
Matsubaya Main Store
A campsite of mainly bungalows on the Hijiri uplands. The barbecue area is roofed, so it works in rain.
Koumi
Chikufudo Main Store
A free-flowing hot spring. From the open-air bath you look out over the Yatsugatake range; there is a sauna and a stone bath.
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.
NaganoNature & ScenerySakuho
Sakurai Kanseido Hokusai-tei
The highest point of National Route 299, the only road across the Yatsugatake. The ridge is gentle, and it serves as a trailhead.
NaganoNature & SceneryOtari
Saishoji Temple
From the Tsugaike uplands, a gondola and ropeway carry you to the Tsugaike nature park, with the Alps in view the whole way.
Nakagawa
Rokusan Farmers' Market
A ridge campsite looking out to the Central Alps. It is run by reservation for a fee.
Okuwa
Yamazaki Farm
Uplands at 1,000 metres, with everything from tent pitches to cabins with full plumbing.
NaganoNature & SceneryMinamiminowa
Kurinomien Social Welfare Corporation
A bell given by the former town of Toi in Shizuoka. Ring it with someone you love and the love is said to come true — a landmark of the uplands.
Urugi
Ueda Volunteer Tour Guides Association
A small hot spring at the southern tip of Shinshu, in a village known for its stars, with an open-air bath among new green.
NaganoNature & SceneryKawakami
Shioda Kanko Taxi
Open from April to November. Free climbing is popular on the rocks nearby.
Minamiaiki
Tsumago-juku Guide Association
A thatched building raised in 1832 as a playhouse, keeping the revolving stage left from the village theatre.
NaganoNature & SceneryIijima
Kobayashi Farm
A nature park in the Nanakubo district. The Central Alps show on the water, and it is also the site of the Warring States castle of Kitayama.
Matsukawa
Obuse Farm milgreen
A winery among apple orchards above the Tenryu River, making wine and cider from the local apples as well as from grapes.