Traditional Streets/Houses Spots in Kita-Shinano Area

  • Obuse's Open Gardens
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    Nagano Kamitakai-gun Obusemachi Obuse 1491-2
    Obuse's open gardens were started in 2000 with the aim of using flowers to promote community and to promote the image of Obuse as a town of flowers to area visitors. The open gardens are entirely voluntary, created on the initiative and good will of each garden's owner. Many of the gardens allow people to freely enter them; note that the gardens are situated on the land of private homes, so please take care be mindful of your manners and have fun interacting with others through flowers!
  • Jinya Koji
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    Nagano Kamitakai-gun Obuse Machi Obuse
    The Jinyakoji is a pleasant sightseeing spot with calm rows of houses, a historic alley where the Edo Shogunate's deputy magistrate's office was once located, and you can feel the vestiges of those days; the camp's markers and the old stone shrine of Jinyan Inari (Shrine of Inari) remain as they were during the Edo period. The "Japanese Light Museum" located at the end of Jinya Lane is also a must-see.
  • Akiyamago
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    Eleomura Akiyama village in Nagano pref.
    “Akiyamago,” spreading from Sakaemura, Shimominochi-gun, Nagano Prefecture to Tsunan in Nakauonuma-gun, Niigata Prefecture, is one of the top one hundred secluded areas in Japan, and is a mountainous region seeped in rich nature. You can enjoy beautiful scenery every season such as cherry blossoms in spring and the area covered in snow in winter, but especially the scenery of changing colors of the autumn leaves is superb.
  • Obuse’s townscape
    Travel / Tourism
    Nagano Kamitakai-gun Obuse Machi Obuse

Nagano Areas

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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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