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Kita-Shinano

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Roadside Station Shinetsu-Sakae

3.5

21 Reviews

Transportation

Nagano Pref. Shimominochigunsakaemura Hokushin 3746-1

"This roadside station is on National Route 117 in Hokushin, Sakae Village, Shimominochi County. They sell vegetables and other produce, as well as sweet anbo dumplings, a local specialty. A shop called ""Matatabi"" sells things like handicrafts, and their eatery has handmade soba noodles, set meals, local cuisine, and more. There's also a soft serve ice cream stand called ""Sakae."""

大した観光スポットの無い栄村の道の駅です。新潟と長野の県境に位置していることもあり、両県のお土産が取り揃えられています。レストランもあり、意外と充実していました。
Anakannon no Yu

4.0

39 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Nagano Pref. Kamitakaigunobusemachi Karida 1194

This day-trip hot spring facility is located about ten minutes away by shuttle bus from Obuse Station on the Nagano Electric Railway. A natural hot spring with water flowing directly from the source, you can look out on the Obuse cityscape and the mountains of the Alps. In addition, there are also towels in the shop, so you can use the facilities without bringing anything. Coupon books are available for purchase, and the facilities are used by many local residents and people coming to see Anakannon.

天気の良い日は北信五岳が良く望めます。泉質も良く寛げる温泉です。休憩場も充実しています。一度訪ねて見て下さい。
Asakama Onsen Park Furusato no Yu

4.5

35 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Nagano Pref. Shimotakaigunnozawaonsenmura Toyosato 8734

Asakama Onsen Park Furusato no Yu is a day-trip hot spring resort in Nozawa Onsen. The aesthetically pleasing bath building is made in a Chinese style. The changing rooms made in wood are clean and warm. The natural hot spring waters flow freely with a hot bath and warm bath indoors and an open-air bath to enjoy too. All the showers have body soap and shampoo to use.

I loved this private onsen. There are two baths inside heated to different temperatures. And also an outside onsen. I very good alternative to the public bathhouses with their often scolding hot...
Yokoteyama Drive-In

3.5

28 Reviews

Transportation

Nagano Shimotakai-gun Yamanouchimachi Hirao 7149

"At an altitude of 2,100 meters, this drive-in is on National Route 292, the highest in Japan. The two-story building has a souvenir shop on the first floor and a lookout restaurant on the second floor. A nearby lift will bring you to the summit of Mt. Yokote and there's also a moving walkway known as the ""Skylater."" It's open from April until early November."

We drove past the place at noon and evening and caught sight of the sea of clouds. The view was simply amazing with the clouds flowing like waterfall off the cliff.
Shinshu Fruits Land (Shinshu Nakano Inter Branch)

3.5

20 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Nakanoshi Kusama Yasudaji temple border 1356-1

An orchard standing along Prefectural Route 29 in Kusama, Nakano City. From June to around November, visitors can enjoy picking cherries, peaches, grapes, and apples (when in season). The orchard also has a restaurant which can accommodate groups and which serves chestnut okowa rice, Shinshu beef sukiyaki meals, and other dishes. In the orchard's fast food area, meanwhile, you can eat curry and noodle dishes. The orchard's shop sells farm-fresh produce and an abundant variety of Shinshu souvenirs.

団体で利用し、2階で団体用のメニューで食事をしました。味は当たり障りのないものでしたが、野沢菜が絶妙な塩加減で、とても美味しかったです。
Nofutomaru Footbath

4.5

33 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Nagano Shimotakai-gun Yamanouchimachi Shibu Onsen

"A footbath located a 15-minute drive from the Shinshu-Nakano Interchange on the Joshin-Etsu Expressway. ""Nofutomaru"" means ""to warm"" in the local dialect. Located on the roof of the Oyu bathhouse in Shibu Onsen, the footbath is free for all to use. Supplied by the same spring used by the bathhouse, the footbath's reddish-brown waters contain an abundance of iron. The footbath basin is made of hinoki cypress and there's a roof to protect users from the weather. There are even towels provided to wipe your feet afterward, and the footbath is a great and convenient place to stop by while strolling the streets of the hot spring district."

渋温泉に九つある外湯のうちの一つ。黄色がかった湯は鉄分のせいだろう。ちょっと熱いけれども、本当の温泉気分が味わえる。
Obuse Museum / Nakajima Chinami Kan

4.0

36 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Kamitakaigunobusemachi Obuse 595

The Obuse Museum / Nakajima Chinami Kan opened in 1992, and they store and display collections by modern Japanese painter Chinami Nakajima in the “Nakajima Chinami Kan” building, as well as traditional “matsuri yatai (festival stalls),” Obuse cultural artifacts. The trees in the area display the beauty of the four seasons, and the “Hanasaku Burari Art Museum” certainly lives up to its name. It’s about 12 minutes on foot from Obuse Station on the Nagano Line and about five minutes from the Obuse Smart Interchange on the Joshin-Etsu Expressway.

今年こちらは開館30周年[開館；平成4年(1992)10月22日]でこちらでは 9月23日-12月６日迄《中島千波の世界展千波の昔と今（東京藝術大学在学中の作品から現在の作品を展示）》が開催されています。 [中島千波館][第一展示室][第二展示室][キャラリー]に展示されている作品は写真撮影禁止なので写真で紹介出来ませんが屏風《樹霊淡墨櫻》のような作品は絵に関して素人である私のよ...
Floral Garden Obuse

3.5

37 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Kamitakaigunobusemachi Nakamatsu 506-1

This flower museum is located in Nakamatsu, Obuse Town. Surrounded by five famous peaks, Mt. Karida, and other sights, you’ll find flower gardens with themes based on various seasons. There’s the “Chinese phoenix” garden based on the Hokusai Katsushika depiction of the firebird, the “Tropical Fantasy” greenhouse featuring 200 types of plants, and other exhibitions. There’s also a flower shop that sells gardening goods.

秋も終わりに近く、落ち葉のお庭にはお邪魔しませんでした。フラワーショップではクリスマスの寄せ植えやリースが並び、とてもお安く魅力的でした。花の盛りの頃に、もう１度訪れてみたいと思います。
Roadside Station Furusato Toyota

4.0

16 Reviews

Transportation

Nagano Pref. Nakanoshi Nagae 2136

"This roadside station is on National Route 117 in Nagae, Nakano City. Their farm stand sells seasonal produce from northern Nagano including wild and cultivated vegetables, mushrooms, and fruit. They also have a local specialty corner with confectionery, tsukemono pickles, freshly squeezed juice, finished goods, handicrafts, and more. The eatery serves rice bowls and set meals such as their ""ekicho-meshi"" set that features a soup and three sides of vegetables with seasonal ingredients."

りんごの名産地、長野県中野市にある道の駅です。夏から冬にかけてはその時に旬のリンゴが各種並ぶとのことです。訪れた時はサンつがる、ジョナゴールド、シナノドルチェと販売されていて、いずれも程よい酸味があり美味でした。他にシャインマスカットも手頃な値段で売られていてフルーツ好きにはお勧めできる道の駅でした。
Tanaka Honke Museum

4.0

32 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Prefecture Suzaka-shi Kurincho 476

This is a museum in Kokumachi Town, Suzaka City, Nagano Prefecture, using the house of the Tanaka merchant family who amassed great wealth in the Edo period through grain, rapeseed oil, tobacco, cotton and brewing. In the 10,000 square meter plot around the stone storehouse are the former main building, reception hall and bathing room, and the strolling garden with central pond is beautiful in all seasons. In the stone storehouse exhibition room is a permanent exhibit of the daily goods used by the Tanaka family from the middle of the Edo period into the Showa period, and there are special exhibitions held five times a year.

The Edo-Style 5 course meal was the most incredible blend of flavors and exquisite taste my husband and I ever experienced! We traveled to Suzaka after our trip to Nagano and got to experience the...
JA Farmer's Market Oranche

4.5

30 Reviews

Shopping

Nagano Pref. Nakanoshi Kusama 1543-5

This store is on Prefectural Route 29 in Kusama, Nakano City. They offer agricultural products like fresh, local vegetables, fruit, and flowers, as well as finished products, souvenirs, and more. Every day they hold a popular 100-yen market with vegetables picked fresh that morning. Don't miss the free mushroom soup.

いつもスキーに行くとよる直売所。昔から安かったが、このごろは１００円均一で品物が出ており、ここでキノコを買ってくる。大量に買い、日干してストック。また、りんごも選り取りで安い。キノコ汁がサービスで飲める。
Iizuna Resort Ski Area

4.5

15 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Kamiminochi-gun Iizunamachi Kawakami 2755-209

A ski area built on the eastern slope of Mt. Reisenji, one of the peaks of Mt. Iizuna, which itself is counted as one of the Five Peaks of Northern Nagano. The resort has a variety of courses for everyone from beginners to advanced skiers to enjoy, including the 2,500-meter Long Course, the 100-meter wide Flat Burn, and the natural snow Powder Course. Snowboards can also be used on all of the courses. The resort is also a place where families with children can have fun, and in addition to a kids' park with walking course and sledding hill popular with children, the resort has a daycare facility for children between the ages of 18 months and six years.

ナイターが2月29日まで毎日営業、長野市街の夜景を見ながらのナイター滑走は最高、長野市街から３０分で別世界。１枚バーンのゲレンデでの滑りは爽快そのもの。
Koyasu Onsen

4.5

12 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Nagano Kamitakai-gun Takayamamura Maki 783

"A therapeutic hot spring in Takayama Village, known as one of ""Japan's most beautiful villages."" It's just a simple hot spring bath without features like an outdoor bath, sauna, or showers. Still, the water's temperature, quality, and concentration of components gives it healing properties and it's often busy. The sodium-calcium chloride spring warms you from the core, suppressing sweat and preventing the body from giving off heat. A bath with minimal ventilation, inhaling the hot spring fumes is said to help alleviate chronic bronchitis and asthma. It's an off-the-beaten-track hot spring standing alone in the mountains."

小道を入ったところにある日帰り温泉。けっこう人が多いです。こちらは含よう素泉で、加温されていて赤茶けた色をしています。湯船のまわりが木で囲われていて、全体に風情のいい湯小屋です。いい温泉です。
Kurohime Dowakan / Dowa no Mori Gallery

4.0

13 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Kamiminochigunshinanomachi Nojiri 3807-30

This literature museum opened in 1991 amidst the Kurohime Highland in Shinano Town, Kamiminochi County, Nagano Prefecture, and is a facility which houses and displays fairytale and picture books from across the world. There are around 2,000 items related to German author Michael Ende, famous for “Momo,” and a permanent exhibit of the collection of Japanese representative storybook writer Miyoko Matsutani. The Fairytale Forest Gallery introduces works of artists with connections to the local area. Outside is the relocated mountain villa of picture book artist Chihiro Iwasaki, and it is possible to tour inside too.

童話館前からの眺望はいいですね、妙高山も黒姫山も裾の広い山ですから横の広がりが感じられて雄大な景色が楽しめます。館内展示は大人には物足りないかな。
Japan Ski Museum

4.0

23 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Shimotakai-gun Nozawaonsenmura Toyosato 8270

The museum entry cost less thn $3 Aussie. If your a ski nerd and interested in competitive snow sports it is definitely worth a visit. The downside is that there are no English translations for the...
Ogama

4.0

22 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Pref. Shimotakaigunnozawaonsenmura Toyosato

Located on Ogama Road, Ogama no Yu is one of the open-air baths in the Nozawa Onsen resort. These open-air baths have been protected by yunakama since the Edo period and still use 100% natural spring water. The baths are well maintained and always kept clean. This public bathhouse takes its spring water from the source in Ogama. It is said that the waters are good for people with diabetes, nerve pains, and rheumatism, etc.

Unlike some other onsens with lions head spouts or water trickling from rock facades, this has a simple spout. It is definitely no-frills, but still has the 100yen refundable valuable locker and...
Jyokoji

4.0

21 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Pref. Kamitakaigunobusemachi Karida 676

"A Buddhist temple located in Karida, Obuse Town, Kamitakai County. The temple's Yakushi-do hall was built in 1408; a renowned example of early Muromachi period architecture, the hall has been designated a National Important Cultural Property. The temple is also known as the ""Tsumagoi Yakushi"" (""Wife's Love Healing Buddha"") and many worshipers visit the temple to pray for luck in finding a suitable match. Mameya is a restaurant on the temple's grounds serves tofu cuisine, while Daikoku Oyaki-dokoro is a teahouse and shop."

It is a bit of a walk from the center of Obuse through some interesting wineries. It’s very rugged and the path up the mountain is made with old stones, not concrete. Interestingly there is a slack...
Japanese Light Museum

3.5

24 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nagano Pref. Kamitakaigunobusemachi Obuse 973

This museum, focusing on Japanese lights and lighting, is located in the center of Obuse Town. Centering around the Kitashinano and Surrounding Area Lamp—Masami Kanebako Lamp Collection, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property, the museum displays a variety of works and crafts connected with lamps, lights, and lighting. The museum also offers a candle-making workshop (advance reservation required).

小布施駅から周辺を散策して寄りました。様々な灯火具があり昔の生活を思いできそうだ浮かべる事ができ現在の明るい生活のありがたさを再認識できました◯
Shiga Highlands

Travel / Tourism

Shiga Kogen in Shimokitai-gun Nagano-machi, Nagano Prefecture

Located at an altitude of over 1,000 meters, the Shiga Highlands occupy the bulk of the central area of Joshin’etsu-kogen National Park. This resort area features lakes, marshes, and bogs of all sizes, and you can enjoy physical activities such as trekking in summer and skiing in winter. The rich natural scenery is intimately intertwined with people’s lives, and in fact, this area has been designated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.
Yudanaka Onsen

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Nagano Shimotakai-gun Yamanouchimachi Hirao

A hot spring district with a lengthy history, the area was discovered by a Buddhist monk, Chiyu during the reign of Emperor Tenji. The great haiku poet Kobayashi Issa once composed some of his works here and a walking path named after the master leads from the Sekai Heiwa Kannon temple to the pine tree once known as the Ugan no Matsu. The area's clear chloride springs and sulfate springs contain an abundance of sodium and other minerals and are said to aid recovery from fatigue and promote health in addition to alleviating nerve pain, muscle soreness, and gastrointestinal disorders and healing cuts. Their waters are also said to have powerful skin beautifying properties and are popular with women.

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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.