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  • Narai-juku (post town)
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    Nagano Pref. Shiojirishi Narai
    Long ago, the Nakasendo was an important highway connecting Edo and Kyoto, and many travelers stopped at the post town of Narai-juku before or after crossing the Torii Pass following this route. The post town once prospered due to the many people moving along the highway, and the town was even described as “Narai Sen-ken” (1,000 buildings of Narai). Narai was quite large, and divided into three districts—uptown, midtown, and downtown, and today the townscape remains mostly unchanged from its heyday. In 1978, the post town was designated an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.

    It was great to get to Narai-juku early in the morning before all the shops opened & the arrival of bus loads of tourists. We parked our vehicle for 500 yen @ the train station. Convenient & clean...

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  • Wakihonjin Okuya
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    Nagano Pref. Kisogunnagisomachi Aduma 2190
    This is one of the facilities of the Nagiso Town Museum located 10 minutes away by bus or taxi from JR Nagiso Station in Nagano Prefecture. This building was built in 1877 using plenty of hinoki (Japanese cypress) wood that had been forbidden to use., and served as an inn and warehouse throughout the generations. It is also where Yufusan, Shimazaki Toson’s first love, came to live after her marriage. It became a nationally-designated Important Cultural Property in 2001. The museum is composed together with Tsumago-juku Honjin and a historical museum, and you can tour them both with a common ticket.

    This historic musuem gave us a peek into how the locals live during the Edo period. The Honjin and Waki-honjin were luxurious buildings constructed along the post towns of the Nakasendo highway for...

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  • Nakamura Residence
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    Nagano Pref. Shiojirishi Narai 311
    The wood manufacturing industries such as comb manufacturing and lacquerware flourished in Narai-juku during the Edo period. The “Nakamura Residence”, which was the residence of Nakamura Rihei who ran a comb wholesalers in Narai-juku is a typical Narai-juku merchant’s style building with the feature of the second floor slightly jutting out (overhanging beam structure). It has been registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Shiojiri City, and the residence is open to the public as a museum.

    [奈良井宿]に《国重要文化財》指定の建築物が 2件あり その内の1件です[他の1件[手塚家住宅（上問屋史料館）]]。こちらで印象に残ったのは 外観的；[奈良井宿]の建築物の特徴である《鎧庇》と《猿頭》の説明文（添付 写真参照）が掲示してあり 2階から 1階を眺めると《鎧庇》と《猿頭》が良く見え [奈良井宿]の建築物の特徴が良く理解出来ることです。又 小さな入口から 腰をかがめて内部に入ると江戸時代...

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  • Honjin (Tsumago Juku)
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    Nagano Pref. Kisogunnagisomachi Aduma
    Restored in 1995, Honjin served as lodging for feudal lords passing through. The Shimazaki family oversaw it starting with the establishment of the post town system and acted as village leaders as well until the Meiji Period (1868-1912) when it was demolished. The final owner was Shimazaki Toson’s older brother Hirosuke. Also, their mother was born there. The Honjin you see today was restored based on pictures from the Shimazaki family collection. When you visit, you’ll see models of even earlier versions of the building, and there’s a traditional irori hearth that they light every day. You can visit the Honjin, Wakihonjin Okuya, and Nagiso (town) Museum of History with a single ticket.
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  • Tsumago-juku Kosatsuba
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    Nagano Pref. Kisogunnagisomachi Aduma Wife Hostel
    This replica of a kosatsuba (old public notice board) is located in Nagiso-machi, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture. The kosatsuba showed prohibitions and laws to the common people from the shogunate government and is similar to government bulletin boards today, and it is characterized by its appearance of looking down on people as if portraying the power of the shogun. The real one is on display at the Nagiso-machi Museum.
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  • Tateba Tea House
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    Nagano Kiso-gun Nagisomachi Azuma 1612-1
    A teahouse located in Azuma, Kiso Town, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture. Situated midway between the two post station towns of Magomejuku and Tsumago-juku on the Nakasendo Road, the teahouse served as a rest area for travelers. Today, the mid-Edo period structure still stands and is still used as a rest station. The teahouse makes up part of the Old Trade Route of Kisoji: Preserver of the Mountain and Survivor of Time Japan Heritage listing.
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  • Fujiwara House
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    Nagano Kiso-gun Nagiso Machi Azuma Otsumago
    A historic structure located in Azuma, Kiso Town, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture. This old Japanese home is estimated to have been built in the mid-17th century; restored to its original glory, it stands in the Nakasendo Road Tsumago-juku nationally designated Important Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings. The residence has also been designated a Nagano Prefecture Treasure.
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  • Yamamura Daikan Yashiki
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    Nagano Kiso-gun Kisomachi Fukushima 5808-1
    A historic structure located in Fukushima, Kiso Town, Kiso County, Nagano Prefecture. The site makes up part of the Old Trade Route of Kisoji: Preserver of the Mountain and Survivor of Time Japan Heritage listing. The site consists of a garden and a portion of a villa which belonged to the Yamamura family, whose members served for generations as magistrates of the Kiso Valley. Visitors can view the garden; there are also exhibits such as cultural materials handed down in the Yamamura family.
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  • Kamisagaya
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    Nagano Pref. Kisogunnagisomachi Aduma Wife Hostel
    This building is in Tsumago-juku, a nationally Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings. It's approximately 30 minutes by car from Nakatsugawa Interchange. When the building was refurbished in 1969, it became apparent that it had been an inexpensive lodging house during the Edo period. With features like the traditional irori hearth still intact, it has an atmosphere of times past and gives you a sense of what traveler inns used to be like. A dirt floor occupies the middle of the building, and it has an interesting layout where guest rooms are lined up on the left and right.
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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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