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長野県 · Shrines & temples

Achimura

阿智村南信

A village the Ministry of the Environment named the place where the stars shine brightest in Japan.

長野県 · Shrines & temples

Sanmon (Zenkoji)

長野市北信

Five doves are hidden inside the characters on the Zenkoji plaque.

長野県 · Shrines & temples

Nunobiki Kannon

小諸市東信

The birthplace of the saying about being led to Zenkoji by an ox. A hall built out over the cliff.

長野県 · Shrines & temples

Omiwatari

諏訪市南信

The ice of Lake Suwa buckles upward. It is taken as the track of a god crossing, and is recorded in a rite.

長野県 · Shrines & temples

Minakamiyama

長野市北信

It carries a tradition of being the oldest pyramid in the world. A mountain of shugendo practice.

長野県 · Shrines & temples

Kitamuki Kannon

上田市東信

Zenkoji is said to guard the next life and Kitamuki Kannon this one, so visiting both is the custom.

長野県 · Tourism

Matsumoto-jo

松本市中信

A surviving keep, and a National Treasure. The black weatherboarding gives it the name Crow Castle.

長野県 · Tourism

Tsumago-juku

南木曽町中信

The first post town in Japan to take up townscape preservation. Small shrines are dotted along the highway.

長野県 · Tourism

Narai-juku

塩尻市中信

A post town once called Narai of a thousand houses, and a producer of Kiso lacquerware.

長野県 · Tourism

Onbashira

諏訪市ほか南信

Once every seven years, huge trees cut from the mountain are hauled by hand and raised at the four corners of the halls.

長野県 · Tourism

Okaidan Meguri

長野市北信

You feel your way along a pitch-dark corridor, and touching the lock is said to promise rebirth in paradise.

長野県 · Tourism

Zenkoji Nakamise

長野市北信

The gate town that gave rise to the saying about being led to Zenkoji by an ox.

長野県 · Tourism

Kamikochi

松本市中信

The Azusa river and Kappa Bridge. Weston introduced it to the world. Private cars cannot enter.

長野県 · Tourism

Snow Monkey Park

山ノ内町北信

Japanese macaques that bathe in hot springs, said to be the only ones in the world.

長野県 · Tourism

Tsumago-juku

南木曽町中信

The first post town in Japan to take up townscape preservation. The power lines were hidden away.

長野県 · Tourism

Bessho Onsen

上田市東信

The Kamakura of Shinshu. Kitamuki Kannon and the National Treasure octagonal pagoda stand close together.

長野県 · Tourism

Nozawa Dosojin

野沢温泉村北信

A shrine structure is built, then set alight, with the villagers defending and attacking it.

長野県 · Tourism

Utsukushigahara

松本市ほか中信

A lava plateau at 2,000 metres, where cattle are put out to graze.

長野県 · Tourism

Obuse

小布施町北信

A town of chestnut confectionery. The Hokusai Museum holds work from his last years.

長野県 · Tourism

Tateshina

立科町ほか東信

A highland lake at the foot of the Yatsugatake range. It freezes over completely in winter.

長野県 · Tourism

Karuizawa

軽井沢町東信

The missionary Shaw made it known as a summer retreat. The old Mikasa Hotel still stands.

長野県 · Tourism

Shinshu Soba

長野市ほか中信

Where rice grew poorly at altitude, buckwheat became the staple. Togakushi soba is the most renowned.

長野県 · Art & museums

Nagano Prefectural Art Museum

長野市北信

Rebuilt beside Zenkoji, its roof opened free to the public as a 'landscape museum' framing the town and mountains.

長野県 · Art & museums

Higashiyama Kaii Gallery

長野市北信

Holds the 970 works Higashiyama gave to the province, in a Taniguchi building reflected in still water.