Matsumoto · Place · candidate to visit
Matsumoto-jo
A surviving keep, and a National Treasure. The black weatherboarding gives it the name Crow Castle.
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Nagano travel guide
First in Japan for both lettuce and miso shipments. Zenkoji, Suwa Taisha and Togakushi Jinja; the National Treasure Matsumoto Castle; Kamikochi; and Kiso lacquerware. Nagano, set out category by category.
Where your trip begins
398 regional entries. This is not the number of facilities.
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Sightseeing spots
Scenery and town walks. Find the places you want to go.
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Nagiso · Place · candidate to visit
Tsumago-juku
The first post town in Japan to take up townscape preservation. Small shrines are dotted along the highway.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityShiojiri · Place · candidate to visit
Narai-juku
A post town once called Narai of a thousand houses, and a producer of Kiso lacquerware.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityShrines & temples
Learn the history and culture, and prepare for your visit.
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Around Suwa · Place · candidate to visit
Suwa Taisha
Four shrines make it up: Kamisha Honmiya and Maemiya, Shimosha Akimiya and Harumiya, and some of them have no main hall at all. Once every seven years, at the Onbashira festival, huge trees cut from the mountain are hauled by hand and raised at the four corners of the halls.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNagano · Place · candidate to visit
Zenkoji
A temple belonging to no sect at all. Because it took in everyone regardless of school, it was also one of the few sacred sites that never restricted women from worshipping. The main hall is a National Treasure.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNagano · Place · candidate to visit
Togakushi Jinja
Five shrines in all, including Okusha, Chusha and Hokosha. The avenue of cedars running about 500 metres to Okusha is famous. The name comes from the myth in which the rock thrown from the heavenly cave became Mount Togakushi.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilitySpecialties & souvenirs
Look up local specialties and save them to your shopping notes.
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Obuse · Specialties & souvenirs
Matsubaya Honten
A sake brewery in Obuse Town founded in the Edo period. Its brick chimney is a landmark.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityObuse · Specialties & souvenirs
Sakurai Kanseido Sensekitei
A restaurant in Obuse Town. Chestnut okowa rice and soba can be enjoyed in a single meal.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityObuse · Specialties & souvenirs
Tomioka Natural Farm
A farm in Obuse Town. It has grown fruit using only organic fertilizer for more than 40 years.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityCrafts & industry
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Nagano · Crafts & industry entry
Shinshu Tsumugi
Tsumugi from Shinshu. A collective name for the silk textiles woven in Ueda, Matsumoto, Iida, Ina and elsewhere.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNagano · Crafts & industry entry
Iiyama Buddhist Altars
Buddhist altars from Iiyama. The craft grew as winter work in a land of deep snow, and gold leaf is applied thickly.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNagano · Crafts & industry entry
Matsumoto Furniture
Furniture from Matsumoto. Influenced by the Mingei movement, Western-style furniture is made with the techniques of Japanese furniture.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityArt & culture
Widen your travel themes with art and culture entries.
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Nagano · Place · candidate to visit
Nagano Prefectural Art Museum
Rebuilt beside Zenkoji, its roof opened free to the public as a 'landscape museum' framing the town and mountains.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNagano · Place · candidate to visit
Higashiyama Kaii Gallery
Holds the 970 works Higashiyama gave to the province, in a Taniguchi building reflected in still water.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityNagano · Place · candidate to visit
Kitano Museum of Art
A construction family's collection running from Yokoyama Taikan to European modernism.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facility100 Regional Revitalization Picks
100 local highlights chosen by each prefecture. Find candidates in nature, food and experiences.
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Matsumoto · Place · candidate to visit
Sugadaira Kogen Snow Resort
The oldest surviving keep of five roofs and six floors in Japan. It began as Fukashi Castle in the Warring States period, and its black and white stand out against the Northern Alps.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityOmachi · Place · candidate to visit
Kita-Alps Tembo Ikeda Shokudo Shinkukan
A hundred kilometres from Omachi to Toyama, crossing the Northern Alps by a chain of vehicles.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityKomoro · Place · candidate to visit
Hokusai Museum Higashimachi Parking Lot
Komoro Castle, abolished in 1871, was bought back by former retainers and made a park, designed by Seiroku Honda.
Reference scenery of the region · not a photo of this facilityTransport and accommodation, too
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