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長野県 · Regional selections

Ganshoin Temple

須坂市

Held to be one of Japan's three great Fudo temples. Its image is said to have been Uesugi Kenshin's personal Buddha, prayed to at Kawanakajima.

長野県 · Regional selections

Genshoji Temple

岡谷市

Okaya was a great silk district from the early Meiji years, known abroad as Silk Okaya. This tells that history and keeps the machines.

長野県 · Regional selections

Jokoji Temple

中野市

A museum for Tatsuyuki Takano, who wrote the songs Furusato, Momiji and Oborozukiyo. His birthplace stands 300 metres away.

長野県 · Regional selections

パラグライダーパーク青木

青木村

Fly from 1,284-metre Mount Jikkan, with the Shioda plain — the Kamakura of Shinshu — below.

長野県 · Regional selections

Ryoan Antique Ceramics Collection

千曲市

Inariyama post town, busy with pilgrims to Zenkoji. White-walled storehouse buildings still stand in a row.

長野県 · Regional selections

Takai Kozan Memorial Museum

飯山市

A 110-kilometre long trail along the Nagano-Niigata border, walking through beech forest.

長野県 · Regional selections

Chiisana Kuri-no-Ki Museum of Art

富士見町

A nature park at 1,450 metres, with 50 works set outdoors from sculpture symposiums that invited artists from Japan and abroad.

長野県 · Regional selections

Japan Lamp Museum

下諏訪町

Part of what was called the finest stroll garden on the Nakasendo remains. Many daimyo lodged at this main inn.

長野県 · Regional selections

道の駅「信州新野千石平」

阿南町

A roadside station where you can make gohei mochi, distinctive here for its wavy shape.

長野県 · Regional selections

Sakurai Kanseido Main Store

筑北村

The Hokkoku highway runs north to south through the Honjo district, which prospered as an intermediate station. Old houses remain at Midarebashi and N…

長野県 · Regional selections

Shioya Sakurai

天龍村

A rite of driving off the deer and boar that damage forest and fields, performed as the hunting of two straw deer, male and female.

長野県 · Regional selections

Masuichi Ichimura Sake Brewery

上松町

Kagura danced at the festival of the Komagatake Shrine lower hall. Thirteen pieces; a prefectural intangible folk cultural property.

長野県 · Regional selections

GLASS STUDIO Licco

根羽村

Japanese buckwheat stone-ground on site, with hand-cutting to try from the fresh flour. Weekdays only, by reservation.

長野県 · Regional selections

Matsubaya Main Store

麻績村

A campsite of mainly bungalows on the Hijiri uplands. The barbecue area is roofed, so it works in rain.

長野県 · Regional selections

Chikufudo Main Store

小海町

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.

長野県 · Regional selections

Kurian Fumido

箕輪町

Cabins, drive-in pitches and free pitches on grass, with some pitches wired for power.

長野県 · Regional selections

Obusedo Main Store

立科町

A school at two ski areas on the flank of Mount Tateshina, with classes graded from beginner to advanced.

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Sakurai Kanseido Sensekitei

白馬村

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.

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Sakurai Kanseido Hokusai-tei

佐久穂町

The highest point of National Route 299, the only road across the Yatsugatake. The ridge is gentle, and it serves as a trailhead.

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Saishoji Temple

小谷村

From the Tsugaike uplands, a gondola and ropeway carry you to the Tsugaike nature park, with the Alps in view the whole way.

長野県 · Regional selections

Rokusan Farmers' Market

中川村

A ridge campsite looking out to the Central Alps. It is run by reservation for a fee.

長野県 · Regional selections

Yamazaki Farm

大桑村

Uplands at 1,000 metres, with everything from tent pitches to cabins with full plumbing.

長野県 · Regional selections

Tomioka Natural Farm

大鹿村

Village theatre handed down for over 300 years. Regular performances are given on a revolving stage at the shrine; a nationally selected intangible fo…

長野県 · Regional selections

Sekiyaen

下條村

A roadside station shaped like a castle keep, where you can try cutting soba (booking required).