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  • Nakamachi Street
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    Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Chuou 3-2-14
    White wall and black namako (raised plaster) storehouses stand side-by-side along Nakamachi Street, making it fun to walk down and peruse the many individual general stores, souvenir shops, cafes, sweet shops and restaurants. The symbolic former brewery Nakamachi Kurassic-kan is a distinctive building with a teahouse looking onto a courtyard, a hand pump water well, and atrium beams. Visitors will enjoy the enjoyable, atmospheric townscape.

    This is a better option if you are looking for some shopping, cafes and historical buildings. A good street to walk and explore with a lot to see. It gives a glimpse of life back then.

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  • Kyukaru Ginza (Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza Street)
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    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.
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  • Nawate-dori Street
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    Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Ote 4-3-21
    This is a shopping area between the southern moat of Matsumoto Castle and the Metoba River, named Nawate-dori Street since it has a long bank much like a rope. It is the reimagining of an Edo period castle town, with 50 shops lined up selling items like antiques and cheap sweets. The area is dotted with stone statues of the Nawate-dori Street symbolic frog, and it is a popular shopping spot just to walk around for both adults and children.
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  • Unno-Juku
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    Nagano Pref. Toumishi Motounno
    In the early Edo period, the “Unno-Juku” was established as a post town on the important Hokkoku Kaido Highway that connected the Nakasendo and Hokurikudo roads. It prospered through sankinkotai (samurai taking turns to move to the city of Edo) and for the transport of gold from Sado. It is a quiet lodging town rich in history where the inn buildings of the Edo period and the Meiji period serene atmosphere of daily life of the sturdy sericulture buildings since remain.
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  • Otsumago
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    Nagano Pref. Kisogunnagisomachi Aduma
    "A section of Kiso Town, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture situated along the old Nakasendo Highway now designated as the Tsumago Post Town Preservation District. The road is lined with many old homes built in the ""dashibari-zukuri"" style with ""sode-udatsu"" short pillars supporting the roof. Japanese-style bed and breakfasts are also located nearby, and the area is enwrapped in a tranquil, rural atmosphere. As the Nakasendo continues towards Magome-juku and goes beyond Kudaritani, human dwellings peter out, and the highway turns into a mountain road."
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  • Hanamomo Kaido
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    Shimoina-gun, Nagano Prefecture
    "A highway area along National Route 256 connecting the Ina Valley and Kiso Valley. Several thousand peach trees grow here, and in spring they carpet the area in red and pink petals, hence the road's name, which means ""Flowering Peach Highway."" In addition, in the nearby Hirugami Onsen hot spring district, the Hirugami Flower Festival is held from early to mid-April. A Peach Flower Festival is held in the Tsukikawa Onsen hot spring district."
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  • Wasabi Field Path
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    Nagano Azumino Hotaka 3640 Daio WASABI Nojo
    The path inside the Daio Wasabi Farm is a tourist farm mainly for wasabi, and in addition to the wasabi fields, there is a clock tower, a history museum, a water mill, a shrine, a processing factory, a restaurant, a souvenir shop, etc. The vast wasabi fields, the largest in Japan, are open to the public, and visitors can watch the wasabi being grown along the path. There is also a rest area and a plum grove nearby, where visitors can relax and enjoy the various scenes nurtured by the famous water.
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  • Goriyaku Walking Course
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    Nagano Shimotakai-gun Yamanouchimachi Hirao
    This is a 15-minute walk from the Shinshu Nakano IC of the Joshinetsu Expressway via the Route 292 bypass, passing through the mountains behind Shibu Onsen town, which has flourished as a therapeutic hot spring resort and inn since ancient times. The path is also attractive for its fresh greenery in summer and autumnal foliage in fall.
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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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  • Kuri no Komichi
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    Nagano Pref. Kamitakaigunobusemachi Obuse
    Kuri no Komichi is a promenade made from chestnut timber, with trees and chestnuts transplanted from the chestnut field of Obusedo. As Obusedo is a location famous for chestnuts the atmosphere of the road is fittingly nostalgic and just taking a walk there is enjoyable.
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  • Kofuku no Tani
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    Nagano Kitasaku-gun Karuizawamachi 925 Near
  • Mikasa Dori
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    Nagano Kitasaku-gun Karuizawamachi
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Around Nagano City Kita-Shinano Eastern Shinshu Hakuba / Azumino Kisoji Around Suwa Southern Shinshu
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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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