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Roadside Station Toyamago

4.0

23 Reviews

Transportation

Nagano Pref. Idashi Minamishinanowada 456

A roadside station situated along the Wada Bypass in Minamishinanowada, Iida City. The station has a souvenir shop selling local specialty products, a tourist information center, and a footbath. The Kagura no Yu hot spring bathhouse on the station's grounds has a rest area as well as a restaurant serving local cuisine.

天龍川を１５２号線沿いに鎮座する道の駅、遠山郷、水窪から峠を2つ越境して、何が何でも152号線を走り諏訪湖まで行く途中、夕方、トイレ休憩で利用しました。大きな道の駅ですが、5時ごろ閉めているっ観たいです。ここで、ルートの確認、この先、伊那方面に行くが、19時頃ですので、伊奈から中央高速に乗り、諏訪湖で、食事しましたです。この道の駅、足湯や面白い感じのテーマ館があるみたいです。。。
Roadside Station Shinshu Niino Sengokudaira

4.0

21 Reviews

Transportation

Nagano Pref. Shimoinagunananchou Nino 2700

A roadside station situated along the Urugi pass Bypass in Niino, Anan Town, Shimoina County. The station has a diner, local specialty products shop, and farm fresh shop, and is adjoined by a Shinshu miso factory and a processed food factory. The station is famous for its gohei mochi grilled rice cake skewers covered with sauce, which are made according to a traditional method and are some of the biggest of their kind in Japan.

食堂と農産物直売所とお土産売店と観光案内所が一つの建物内にコンパクトにまとまった道の駅です。建物は寺院のような造りで、道の駅の角には「幸法」という神様の像が目を引きます。長野のお土産コーナーで幻のざらめ味噌煎餅の甘味噌を購入して食べました。１枚でお腹が満たされるくらいのボリュームがあり、昼食代わりになりました。
Yottetei Matsukawa (Roadside Station Azumino Matsukawa)

4.0

32 Reviews

Transportation

Nagano Pref. Kitadumigunmatsukawamura Hosono 5375-1

"This roadside station is on Prefectural Route 306 in Hosono, Matsukawa Village, Kita-azumi County. They have a specialty product area selling oyaki dumplings and other snacks, a farm stand, and a restaurant serving fare made with local ingredients like set meals, rice bowls, and noodle dishes. They also put on the ""Suzumushi no Sato Crystal Symphony"" every year from late August to mid-September during the season when the crickets are chirping. They hang lanterns for it, and there are activities and events like cricket catching, habitat exploration, and live music."

松本市内から北へ向かい、安曇野を過ぎると松川村に入りました。その松川村にあった道の絵「安曇野松川」に立ち寄ってみました。館内には、このあたりの特産品がたくさん並んでいました。果物やその加工品がとても多いんです。信州は、リンゴをはじめ果物の産地としても有名なところですものね。その中で私の目を引いたのが、ドライフルーツでした。１０種類を大きく超える種類が並んでいて、１０個買うとお得なんです。「お...
Mayumi Takahashi Museum of Doll Art

4.5

52 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Iyamashi Iyama 2941-1

This art museum which opened in 2010 displays 100 works of Iiyama City resident doll maker Mayumi Takahashi. It is a popular spot where visitors can enjoy recalling their hometowns, the expressions of the grandma and grandpa dolls—looking like they are about to chatter—bringing back nostalgic memories. On weekends and holidays there is often a queue to get inside. The dolls on display are changed around twice a year. The nearest station is Kita-Iiyama Station.

とても人気があります。平田ますみ先生の和紙創作品が際立ってます。期間限定ですので是非お立ち寄り下さい。価値観のある作品です。
Lake Nojiri Naumann Elephant Museum

3.5

45 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Kamiminochigunshinanomachi Nojiri 287-5

A museum located in Shinano Town, Kamiminochi County, Nagano Prefecture. The museum exhibits materials relating to the natural environment in the Lake Nojiri area from pre-history up to today, with a focus on items discovered through the excavations of the lake which have been ongoing since 1962. The highlights of the museum are its life-sized replicas of a fossilized Naumann’s elephant and a giant Japanese elk skeleton. The museum also has an abundant collection of bone and stone tools, and even an exhibit where visitors can touch real fossils. The museum holds mini workshops and special events as well, such as a short class on stone tool-making.

I didnt spend enough time in Nojiri Lake else I would do the elephant walk. I didnt know what to expect from this museum. As I entered the glass door, there was this elderly woman sitting behind...
Zensanji Temple

4.0

51 Reviews

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Nagano Pref. Uedashi Maeyama 300

Zensanji Temple is said to have been initially opened in 812 as a sacred place where the monk Kukai is said to have honed his Homa ritual. The three-story “incomplete complete tower,” whose exact date of construction is not clear but is said to have been the beginning of the Muromachi period, is quite famous. You must try the temple’s famous homemade walnut bean cakes available in the temple kitchen reception room every year from the vernal equinox until around the end of November. It’s about a 30-minute drive from the Ueda Sugadaira Interchange on the Joshin-Etsu Expressway.

結構きつい階段を上がります。でも頑張った甲斐のある建物が目の前に現れてホッとします。花の無い時期でしたが建物自体が美しいので十分楽しめました。
Tenryu Line Kudari

4.0

54 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Pref. Idashi Tatsue 7115-1

This pleasure boat allows you to enjoy an approximately ten kilometer boat trip from Tenryu-kyo Valley to Karakasa. Boatmen teach the techniques of casting nets and give guide information inside the boat. In addition, you can fully take in the different scenery of the four seasons with new greenery and hill cherry blossoms in the spring, goldband lilies in the summer, changing leaves in the autumn, and snowy landscapes in the winter. The trip lasts for approximately 50 minutes.

I decided to go on the boat tour because I was on my way from Takayama to Mount Fuji / lake Kawaguchiko. I was hoping for some autumn colours and pretty scenery but I was slightly too early for the...
Manns Wines Komoro Winery

4.0

39 Reviews

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Nagano Pref. Komoroshi Moro 375

Manns Wines Komoro Winery is located in the east of Nagano Prefecture, a most suitable region for producing wine. The winery has a Chardonnay vineyard and a huge one hectare Japanese garden. The shop sells many products which cannot be purchased from anywhere else such as their domestic premium wine. In the restaurant you can enjoy food made with local Shinshu ingredients, with a glass of wine while looking out over the vineyard. Tasting is possible free of charge on the winery tours.

団体旅行で行きました。はじめにビデオを見て、そのあとはスタッフさんとワイン貯蔵施設の見学、そして店内でワインの試飲と買い物でした。ワイン以外にもぶどうジュースもありました。ワイン好きの方にはオススメです。
Ogisawa Visitor Information Center

3.5

38 Reviews

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Nagano Pref. Omachishi Taira 2117

An information center located close to Ogizawa Station on the Kanden Tunnel Trolley Bus in Taira, Omachi City. The center provides information on lodging and sightseeing destinations in the area such as the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route Hida Mountains (Northern Alps) sightseeing route.

扇沢総合案内センターは、黒部ダム行きの関電トンネル電気バスの発着駅である扇沢駅近くにあります。建物には、「扇沢総合案内センター」とともに「トロバス記念館」と併記されていました。黒部ダム駅と扇沢駅区間を54年間走り続け、2018年に運行を終えたのが、関電トンネルトロリーバスです。つまり、このトロバスの後継が、電気バスなんです。全部で１５台あったというトロバスは、すべて解体予定でしたが、１台だけ...
Azumino Winery

4.0

36 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Misatogura 6687-5

This winery is located in Misato-ogura, Azumino City. The wine is brewed from grapes cultivated onsite, and free tours of the fields and facility are offered (reservation required by day before). There’s also a cafe where you can try original wines, a terrace where you can have a light snack, a shop, a drinkable yogurt factory, and more.

バスツアーに組み込まれていたので立ち寄りましたが、思いがけずに良いところでした。季節的にも7月で青々としたブドウの木がとてもきれいでした。メインはどうしてもショップの立ち寄りになりますが、無料の試飲6種類と有料試飲6種類がありました。無料試飲は白の甘口から辛口の赤へとカップに注いでくれるので、比較もしやすいですし、全部飲むといい気分です。最後にこちらもと言われた飲むヨーグルトが美味しくて、友人への...
Kyukaru Ginza (Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza Street)

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Pref. Kitasakugunkaruizawamachi Karuizawa

This is the main shopping district of Karuizawa located along the old Kyu Nakasendo. It has over 400 years of history, and the area boasts a row of long-established shops such as a bakery, boutiques of imported fashion, and various new and established shops. The area is bustling with many tourists in the summer months.
Joraku-ji Temple

4.0

50 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Pref. Uedashi Besshonsen 2347

The head temple of the nearby Kitamuki-kannon Temple, this Buddhist temple was built as one of the three “raku-ji” temples (the Choraku-ji Temple, Anraku-ji Temple, and Joraku-ji Temple) in 825. During the Kamakura period, the temple flourished as a center of Tendai Buddhism. The temple’s principal object of worship, the “Wisdom of Observation Amitabha,” is considered an extremely rare example of its type found anywhere in the country. The Hon-do (main hall) has a rounded thatched roof; behind it stands a two-tier pagoda that is registered as an Important Cultural Property and which is the spot where the Buddhist statue enshrined in the Kitamuki-kannon Temple in the back is said to have appeared. The Joraku-ji Temple Art Museum on the grounds exhibits rare and valuable temple treasures such as the Tokugawa Ieyasu Nikka Nenbutsu prayer scroll; a figure of Avalokitesvara; and the Miuraya-zu painting, a National Art Treasure. Closest station: Bessho-Onsen Station.

天台宗のお寺になります。一目見て茅葺の屋根が興味深く感じました。現在の建物は18世紀前半というのだから、随分と大切にされてきたのでしょうね。境内の奥には重要文化財の多宝塔も有ります。
Takai Kozan Memorial Hall

4.0

52 Reviews

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Nagano Pref. Kamitakaigunobusemachi Obuse 805-1

This museum commemorates Takai Kozan, a first-rate person of culture and pupil of Katsushika Hokusai who was Obuse Town's wealthiest merchant. The museum, which displays a large number of exhibits including works of calligraphy and art by Kozan, retains the vestiges of the era in which he lived. Yuzenro, the two-story wooden building that served as Takai Kozan's study and salon, is located on the grounds of the museum and open to visitors. It is located a short walk from the gallery, which features a large collection of works by Hokusai.

Kozan Takai was the patron of Hokusai largely responsible for Hokusai spending his last years in Obuse. At the other end of Chestnut Lane to the Hokusai museum in the delightful town of Obuse, it...
Okazaki Brewery Corporation

4.0

27 Reviews

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Nagano Pref. Uedashi Chuou 4-7-33

A sake shop alive with tradition since 1665. The sake here is distilled using the famous Shinshu waters and rice from the prefecture and takes into account the whole taste, flavor and aroma. Overall they mainly produce dry junmaishu (sake made without added alcohol or sugar), but their plum wine, developed on sake, is also popular. Their Shinshu Kirei was awarded first prize in the Ginjo category, and received an excellence award in the Junmai category of the Kanto Shinetsu National Research Institute of Brewing Sake Awards. It’s possible to taste the various sake on offer in the distillery and you can also pick up some souvenirs from the shop.

上田駅から２キロほど北の北国街道の柳町に岡崎酒造はあります。昔ながらの家並の酒屋です。ここは日本酒の醸造（信州亀齢）がなされていて、日本酒の買い物や試飲もできます。少し重いですが、お土産にもいい酒です。
Venus Line

Travel / Tourism

Chino, Nagano Prefecture - Matsumoto-shi

This is a sightseeing road and popular free driving course connecting Nagano Prefecture’s Chino City and Ueda City Utsukushigahara Highlands. The road is dotted with Shinshu highland resorts including Tateshina Highland, Yatsugatake Sanroku, Lake Shirakaba and Mt. Kirigamine, and the interweaving mountains and greenery stretch endlessly into the distance. Along the way is Yashimagahara Shitsugen (marsh land), designated a National Natural Monument and home to 400 varieties of sub-highland plant. If the weather is good one can see all the way from final stop of Utskushigahara Highland to Mt. Fuji.
Matsumoto Mingei-kan (Matsumoto Folkcraft Museum)

4.0

44 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Satoyamabe 1313-1

Matsumoto Mingei-kan is a folk craft museum located about 15 minutes by car from the center of Matsumoto City. Taro Maruyama, the owner of a folk craft shop, founded the museum in 1962. The museum houses a collection of about 6,000 artifacts of the Mingei movement from the Taisho period (1912–1926) which introduces the idea of “beauty of necessaries” in daily necessities used for handwork in everyday life. In 1983 the building was donated to Matsumoto City and now it is an integral part of the Matsumoto City Museum.

Im a huge fan of Japanese folk art (mingei), and Ive been to my share of folkcraft museums in Japan. This one had some really interesting objects but I could only look and wonder what they were. I...
Old High School Memorial Museum

4.0

44 Reviews

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Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Agata 3-1-1

This memorial hall is located in Agata no Mori Park in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture. It contains collections and exhibitions on the country’s high schools under the old education system, including Kyusei Matsumoto High School, the predecessor to present-day Shinshu University. The shop offers books written by Morio Kita, a graduate of Matsumoto High School, and other related goods. The park grounds also feature one of Matsumoto High School’s old school buildings built in the Taisho period, which is registered as an Important Cultural Property.

For older travellers this is a good way to spend a bit of time on your vacation. Wouldn’t recommend it to the younger people visiting the area don’t think it would interest you. Gardens in the park...
Ueda City Museum

3.5

49 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Uedashi Ninomaru 3-3 (in Ueda Castle Ruins Park)

This is a museum that stands at the ruins of Ninomaru in Ueda castle ruins. Inside the museum visitors can see Oda Nobunaga’s leather armor and Someya Yaki pottery designated as national important cultural properties, as well as drawings of Shinano Province from the Shoho era (1644–), designated as prefectural treasures. Archives showing the history of the Ueda region since the Middle Ages, material on nature, folk material and so on are collected and displayed.

上田で最も人気のある真田氏に関しては別館でじっくり展示されており、本館は仙石氏および松平氏の上田城城主、および近代史がメインです。上田城の櫓とセットで500円は安いですね。今年も上田の祇園祭がコロナにより中止となり、代わりに祇園祭とは何かを本館で解説していました。上田わっしょいは開催、京都の祇園祭も開催、でも上田の祇園祭は中止。解せません。
Wakihonjin Okuya

4.5

39 Reviews

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Nagano Pref. Kisogunnagisomachi Aduma 2190

This is one of the facilities of the Nagiso Town Museum located 10 minutes away by bus or taxi from JR Nagiso Station in Nagano Prefecture. This building was built in 1877 using plenty of hinoki (Japanese cypress) wood that had been forbidden to use., and served as an inn and warehouse throughout the generations. It is also where Yufusan, Shimazaki Toson’s first love, came to live after her marriage. It became a nationally-designated Important Cultural Property in 2001. The museum is composed together with Tsumago-juku Honjin and a historical museum, and you can tour them both with a common ticket.

This historic musuem gave us a peek into how the locals live during the Edo period. The Honjin and Waki-honjin were luxurious buildings constructed along the post towns of the Nakasendo highway for...
Roadside Station Hakuba

3.5

18 Reviews

Transportation

Nagano Pref. Kitadumigunhakubamura Kamishiro 21462-1

A roadside station situated along the Chikuni Kaido Road in Kamishiro, Hakuba Village. The station sells Hakuba specialty products; okowa rice, okaki; and other processed foods made in the adjoining factory; crafts; and, in summer, fresh agricultural products. The station's restaurant serves dishes made with local Hakuba brand pork and stone-milled, handmade soba noodles.

長野行きの特急バスを待つ間、バス停から数分程度だったので、お土産を見に立ち寄り。お土産だけでなく新幹線の中で食べる用のおやき等も買い込み、満足。

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Nagano Areas

Nagano prefecture is an exciting mix of mountains, hot spring monkeys, and preserved Edo history. At the heart of the Japanese Alps, Nagano is one of the country’s most popular destinations, whether in winter for its snow sports and the much-loved Jigokudani Monkey Park or in the warmer months for discovering the undulating hills on foot. For fantastic Edo architecture, head to the Kiso Valley for a 60-kilometer stretch of quaint wooden buildings that marked the Nakasendo route 200 years ago.