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Around Nagano City

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Zenkoji Sesonin Shakado Temple

Travel / Tourism

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.
Kagami Pond Walking Path

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Nagano-shi Togakushi

Kagami Pond, situated 1,200 meters above sea level, is a depression filled with spring water situated at the foot of the Togakushi Mountains, land which long ago formed the bottom of the ocean and which later rose and grew to form mountains. A walking path encircles the pond; one circuit takes around 30 minutes. The walking path connects with Togakushi Forest Botanical Garden and Tenmei Inari Shrine, dedicated to Toyoukeno-Omikami, goddess of the outer shrine at Ise, is located along the way. The area is beautiful year round, but the time around mid-October when the fall foliage is at its peak is particularly stunning.
Chausuyama Dinosaur Park/Natural Botanical Gardens

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Nagano-shi Shinonoiokada 2358

The dinosaur park has 25 stunning, life-sized dinosaurs arranged in order of the age in which they existed. Visitors are free to touch the statues and some even have play equipment integrated into their bodies. The 33 hectare botanical park is one of the largest in the prefecture and close to 200 varieties of plants are grown here.
Tenkyuji Temple

Travel / Tourism

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.
Mausoleum of Sanada Nobuyuki

Travel / Tourism

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.
Fashion Park Kayama

Style / Fashion

Nagano Nagano-shi Matsushiromachi Matsushiro 546

An apparel shop for senior citizens which has been in business for over 100 years. Helping senior citizens to turn back the clock ten years, the store carries some 1,000 items, including pants for those with stooped backs, Velcro-fastened pajamas for those receiving nursing care, socks with a tab for writing your name on them, and men's elastic waistband pants. The store is also popular because of its wide selection of sizes and its telephone service.
Seisui-ji Temple

Travel / Tourism

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.
Aogaki Park City Swimming Pool

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Nagano-shi Matsushiromachi Nishijo 3872-1

This outdoor pool facility, the best in Nagano City, has pump-powered play equipment and a variety of other facilities sure to delight children. The pool's diverse array of facilities includes water slides, a shallow splash park for young children, and a whale-shaped fountain. Children up to the fourth grade of elementary school and younger must be accompanied by an adult and pool restrictions differ depending on school year, so be sure to check before you come.
Chikufodo Matsushiro Store

4.0

30 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Nagano-shi Matsushiromachi

A shop specializing in chestnut confections which also serves as a place to rest after strolling the Sanada Jumangoku castle town area. The shop sells chestnut yokan jelly, kuri kanoko candied chestnuts in chestnut paste, and other chestnut sweets, and also serves tea, kuri okowa chestnuts in rice, and other dishes. The shop uses only superior domestically grown chestnuts with a focus on chestnuts from the local Obuse area. The shop sorts its choice chestnuts while still fresh based on sweetness and tenderness, using only specific types of chestnuts for specific recipes to ensure customers can enjoy the innate deliciousness of chestnuts.

松代藩真田十万石まつりの行列を見に松代に行きました．始まる前の腹ごしらえにと立ち寄ったのが竹風堂松代店です．竹風堂なら栗だろうと，栗あんしるこを食べました．とっても美味しかったです．
Ichi-no-Torii Garden

Leisure / Hobbies

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.
Zenkoji Temple Gaien Nishinomon Yoshinoya

Shopping

Nagano Nagano-shi Nishinomoncho 941

Since ancient times, this sake and miso shop has been known as the brewer closest to the Zenkoji Temple. Making seishu refined sake, miso, amazake sweet half sake, and umeshu plum liqueur, the shop allows visitors to sample many of its foods and beverages. Established as a brewery in 1637, even today the shop is known for its Zenkoji sake. The Kumo version of the shop's additive-free Zenkoji Miso is completely fermented, meaning the miso fermentation process has completely stopped, resulting in a miso with a rich fragrance and mild flavor popular with many.
Yamadai Farm

Leisure / Hobbies

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.
Jindai-zakura of Suzakura Shrine

Travel / Tourism

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.
Zenkoji Temple Nakamise Street

Travel / Tourism

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.
Daikanjin Temple

Travel / Tourism

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."
Daikanjin Temple Treasure House

Travel / Tourism

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.
Tamaya Nagano Daimon

Style / Fashion

Nagano Nagano-shi Daimoncho 508-1

A road leads from Nagano Station to the Zenkoji Temple and is lined with a variety of suitably elegant establishments. This shop, situated on the road, sells a wide array of natural stones and accessories designed to appeal to people of all ages. Hunt for your favorites in a sales floor adorned with warm woods and jazz flowing from the sound system.
Rakucha Renga Kan

3.5

7 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Nagano-shi Daimoncho 67-1

An elegant French restaurant which fully makes use of the attractive building it operates out of, a designated National Tangible Cultural Property. This red brick, Western-style building was originally built in 1912 as an office for the Shinanochu Gyuba Goshi Kaisha shipping company. In addition to its standard menu, on Tuesdays with an advance reservation, customers can savor a full course French meal prepared by Hideyo Kitamura, one of Nagano's top French cuisine masters.

Lunch set was very nice, pleasant place. Unfortunately, the salmon that I have inquire about was not really smoked, as shown in the photo and as I was told. It was more cooked, but still it was nice.
Imamura Soba Main Restaurant

4.0

9 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Nagano-shi Chuodori Nishigocho 1637-3

This soba noodle restaurant, originally under the direct control of the Zenkoji Temple, has long been a favorite of temple visitors and locals. Established in 1890, this well-reviewed restaurant has continued to make soba noodles according to a traditional recipe and production method for three generations and received three registered trademarks in 1972. The restaurant's signature Ippin Gozen Soba noodles are made with buckwheat flour from Nagano and have a rich buckwheat flavor.

長野市の善光寺表参道にあるそば屋さんです。店名の「クイチ」にちなみ、つなぎがかなり少ないそばが味わえます。個人的にはつなぎが少ない方が風味が増すので好きなんですけどね。信州人は基本的にざるそばですが、温かいそばのメニューも充実していて観光客にもオススメです。
THE FUJIYA GOHONJIN

Gourmet / Alcohol

Omodo cho Nagano-shi Nagano prefecture 80

This is a restaurant and wedding location before the gate of Zenkoji Temple in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, and its distinctive tile on reinforced concrete art deco style building is registered as one of Japan’s Tangible Cultural Properties. It was previously the main inn of the area used by the Maeda family feudal lord, the Gohonjin Fujiya Ryokan. The dignified interior is influenced by Taisho period romantic style and makes for a charming modern atmosphere. They offer several food options from extravagant courses to a la carte dishes and desserts, authentic Italian cuisine made with ingredients from the Shinshu mountains and seafood from the Sea of Japan.

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Nagano Areas

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.