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  • Shinshu Shinmachi Fossil Museum
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Shinshushinmachi Kamijo 88-3
    This museum, attached to the Shinshu-Shinmachi Museum of Art, was opened in December 1993 with the donation of the late Isamu Nishizawa's fossil collection of approximately 6,000 fossils from Shinshu-Shinmachi, Nagano. The museum exhibits a wide variety of fossils from 53 countries and materials related to the geological strata in the Shinshu-Shinmachi area, including the collections mentioned above.
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  • Daiza Hoshi Pond
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Ageya 2471-1526
    One of the Iizuna Highland's main sightseeing spots, not far from Zenkoji Temple. A legend says the pond came about when water accumulated in the footprint of a mythical giant known as Daidarabocchi. Located at the edge of the highland, there are many restaurants, convenience stores, and farm stands in the vicinity. Other facilities dotting the area include a campground, athletic field, and a boat launch. It gets busy with families on holidays and is great for picnics or a walk. There's a path around it you can complete in 20 minutes.
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  • Haruta Park
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    Nagano Chikuma-shi Inariyama
    This park is famous for its 300 Yoshino cherry trees which bloom from mid- to late April. The sight of the flowering trees, planted around the banks of two ponds in the park, is gorgeous. The park also holds a lengthy cherry blossom festival in April. In addition, Haruta Shrine, a Shinto shrine dedicated to Haruta Omikami, Kotoshironushi-no-Kami, and Ukanomitama-no-Mikoto, is also located inside the park.
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  • Togura-juku Kitty Park
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    Nagano Chikuma-shi Togura Imai
    Appropriate to an area with a mountain where tengu goblins live according to legend, a 9.5 meter tall statue of a tengu, the largest in Japan, stands inside this park. The park is also a renowned destination for cherry blossom viewing. In mid-April, the area around the Chikuma Tengu statue becomes covered with pink blossoms, and visitors can enjoy taking in the beautiful flowers as well as the scenery of the Togura Kamiyamada Onsen hot spring district. In mid-March, visitors can also see Eranthis pinnatifida, a flowering plant designated a vulnerable species.
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  • Chikuma River Manyo Park
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    Nagano Chikuma-shi Kamiyamada Onsen
    One of the parks located in the Togura Kamiyamada Onsen area. Situated along the Shinano River, the park sprawls near the Manyo Bridge. 27 monuments inscribed with poems about Nagano from the ancient Manyoshu poetry anthology to today stand in the park and visitors can enjoy visiting each. Some of the monuments are inscribed with characters written in the hands of the authors, such as Kobayashi Issa and Kyoshi Takahama.
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  • Chikuma City Furusato Manga Museum
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    Nagano Chikuma-shi Inariyama 2181-1
    This manga museum preserves and displays some 4,000 works of art and other materials from Hidezo Kondo, a political satirist born in Chikuma City who helped popularize politics among the masses via manga. In addition to the artists political satires, his caricatures of celebrities are also popular. In the museum's library, people of all ages can enjoy manga books and anime videos.
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  • Chishikiji Temple
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    Nagano Chikuma-shi Kamiyamada Yasaka 1197
    This Buddhist temple, established in the late Muromachi period, was designated a National Important Cultural Property in 1907. The temple's three column bay, four beam bay, single thatched hip roof and, above all, its tsumairi architecture is unusual. The temple is also known for its beautiful bigleaf hydrangeas which flower from late June to late July, and its stunning fall foliage from early through mid-November.
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  • Mt. Iizuna
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Kamiminochi-gun Iizunamachi
    This 1,917-meter-high mountain, located near the border between Nagano City, Shinano Town, Mure Village, and Togakushi Village, is one of the Hokushin Gozan, a group of 2,000-meter-high mountains that rise near the border between northern Shinshu and Niigata prefectures. Iizuna Plateau and Togakushi Plateau are located at the foot of the mountains, and in addition to mountain climbing, many people enjoy skiing in winter.
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  • Okususobana Valley
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Kinasa
    The valley of the Susohana River originates from the marshland of Okusosohana Nature Park, famous for its skunk cabbages, and is known for the beauty of the valley with its towering rocks, large rock walls, waterfalls, and rapids.
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  • Daibo Pass Observatory
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Kinasa
    This scenic overlook is located in Kinasa, a place where legend has it an oni ogre built a mountain in a single night in the distant Asuka period. The pass the observatory is situated on is 1,055 meters above sea level and is a part of Prefectural Route 36 connecting Togakushi and Kinasa in the northwestern part of Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. The observatory has a bench and arbor. The Northern Japan Alps are visible in the distance, while a stream and the natural beauty of Kinasa sprawl directly below.
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  • Zenkoji Sesonin Shakado Temple
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Motoyoshicho 475
    Under the control of the Zenkoji Temple, this Buddhist temple is one of 20 Tendai monk-soldier temples and one of 25 Daikanjin temples built via solicitations. The main temple building has suffered fires 11 times; the current structure was rebuilt in 1707 and the most recent fire was a massive conflagration in 1624. Strongly influenced by the trends of Edo period architecture, its design closely resembles the main shrine complex of the Nikko Toshogu shrine. The temple has been designated a National Important Cultural Property.
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  • Tenkyuji Temple
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Shinonoikinebuchi 1000
    The Enmado hall of this famous Buddhist temple enshrines the largest statue of the Buddhist deity Yama. Highlights include a well said to have been used to wash the removed head of Sanada Yukimura, a memorial to those who fell in the battles of Kawanakajima, and a memorial honoring the individual battle between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin. The temple's Kawanakajima Gassen Kinenkan museum, dedicated to the Battles of Kawanakajima, contains a collection of over 60 historically valuable items, including Buddhist imagery; arms; and portraits of Takeda Shingen, Sanada Yukimura, and Yamamoto Kansuke.
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  • Mausoleum of Sanada Nobuyuki
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Matsushiromachi
    This mausoleum for Sanada Nobuyuki, ancestor to the lords of Matsushiro Domain, was built in 1660. The mausoleum is located on the grounds of the Chokokuji Temple, a Soto Buddhist temple. The magnificent irimoya-zukuri-style mausoleum has a hipped, gabled roof which is shingled, and 3 bays between its columns and four bays between its beams. Today, the mausoleum has been designated a National Important Cultural Property and enshrines ihai Buddhist mortuary tablets for Nobuyuki and his wife Komatsu.
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  • Seisui-ji Temple
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Matsushiromachi Nishijo 147
    A miraculous Buddhist temple which has completely nullified a variety of disasters. Records state the temple was founded by the priest Kanku in 803 and built by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro to pray for victory when he left for his military expedition in Tohoku. The temple is also famous for its 350 year old weeping cherry blossom tree, which comes into bloom in most years around mid-April.
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  • Ichi-no-Torii Garden
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Ageya
    The largest natural park in Iizuna Highlands, named after the first torii (shrine gate) of Togakushi Shrine, is surrounded by a forest of red pine trees and is home to a variety of plants. The autumn leaves are also worth seeing.
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  • Yamadai Farm
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Akanuma 1793
    Nagano City's Akanuma area, one of the largest production areas for apples in Japan, is said to be the birthplace of apple cultivation in Nagano. This farm, in business for around a century, strives to lower its usage of agricultural chemicals and primarily uses organic fertilizer, prioritizing healthiness and flavor over appearance. When in season, the farm sells five different varieties of apples as well as handmade, additive-free apple juices and jams.
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  • Jindai-zakura of Suzakura Shrine
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Izumidaira 513
    This Edo-higanzakura cherry blossom tree is the only one in Japan to be designated a National Natural Monument. The huge tree is around nine meters in circumference at the base and is estimated to be 1,200 years old. Each year in spring when it comes into bloom, its beauty delights the eyes of large numbers of visitors. The tree blossoms from late April to early May. Located on the grounds of Suzakura Shrine in Izumidaira, Nagano City, according to legend the tree grew from a cherry wood cane the god Susanoo-no-Mikoto planted on the bank of the pond when he rested here.
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  • Zenkoji Temple Nakamise Street
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Nagano Motoyoshicho
    A shopping street located in Nagano Motozen-cho, Nagano City. The shopping street originated from the business activities of street merchants and tachi-dealers that had been conducted in the precincts of Zenkoji Temple since the Middle Ages. After the relocation of Zenkoji Temple's Nyorai-do Hall, merchants began to gather at the vacant lot, and after the Meiji Restoration, their stalls were established as permanent stores. Today, the area is still crowded with visitors to Zenkoji Temple, with a variety of stores ranging from traditional stores to fashionable cafes, including Hachimanya Isogoro, a long-established shichimi (seven spice) shop that is known as a standard Zenkoji Temple souvenir.
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  • Daikanjin Temple
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Nagano Motoyoshicho 492
    "This Buddhist temple enshrines Japan's oldest mihotoke statue and is one of the country's most well-known sacred sites. The temple's history extends back 1,400 years, having been built on imperial order in 644. Known familiarly to locals as ""Zenkoji-san,"" the temple still sees large number of worshippers today."
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  • Daikanjin Temple Treasure House
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    Nagano Nagano-shi Nagano Motoyoshicho 492Dai
    The Zenkoji Temple has been both a Betto head temple and Daikanjin temple since long ago, and this treasure house contains numerous treasures and rare historical materials concerning the temple. Its collection consists of more than three thousand items, of which 150 items are put on display at any given time. Many of the items in the treasure house's collection have been designated Important Cultural Properties, including items connected to the Imperial family, the mighty Tokugawa clan and other notable military clans, and the Rinno-ji Temple.
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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.

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