The Former Nakagomi School
The school was completed in the 8th year of Meiji (1875) and among schools in Japan, it is the oldest examp...
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Ueda Castle Remains
Ueda City
Ueda Castle was originally built in 1583 by Sanada Masayuki, a samurai leader known throughout Japan. T...
The Hokkoku Road and Unnojuku Post Town
Toumi City
Unnojuku originated in 1625 as a 12-inn stop on the feudal Hokkoku Road which connected the Sea of Japan s...
Togakushi Okusha Shrine and Forest Reserve
Nagano City
Togakushi is considered to be a spiritual mountain with its 5 shrines being related to Japan’s creation ...
Wear a Kimono (Nakano)
Nakano City
The Hakuna matata salon in Nakano City offers visitors a chance to wear traditional kimono or yukata in a ...
Suwa Onbashira Festival
Chino CIty
When Onbashira takes place (once every 6 years, or every 7 by traditional Japanese reckoning), all 200,...
Omachi Nyakuichi-Oji Festival
Oomachi City
Omachi City’s Nyakuichi-Oji Shrine not only has a history of over 700 years, but its main building and pa...
Taiko Drumming
Suwa City
Suwa Taisha Shrine’s taiko drumming group, the nationally designated Important Intangible Cultural ...
Silk Dyeing (Komagane Silk Museum Workshop)
Komagane City
Dedicated to honoring the area’s sericulture roots, the Komagane Silk Museum offers silk-related wor...
Outdoor Tea Ceremony (Sarukura Spring)
Iida City
Sarakura Spring comes from Mt. Kazakoshi on the southern edge of the Central Alps. Its mineral water has ...
Mizuhiki Paper Cord Art
Iijima Town
A traditional craft of the Iida area, Mizuhiki is made from strips of Japanese “washi” paper twisted int...
Toyama-go Shimotsuki Festival
Iida City
In the southern tip of Nagano, you will find Toyama-go. Or maybe you won’t, as it is one of Japan’s Top Thre...
Shaw Memorial Chapel (Karuizawa Churches)
Karuizawa Town
Alexander Croft Shaw House and Memorial Chapel are testament to Karuizawa’s cosmopolitan origins as a ...
Hokusai Museum
Obuse Town
Recently remodeled in 2015, Obuse Town’s Hokusai Museum displays the works of famed ukiyo-e woodblock ...
Tsumugi Weaving
Ueda City
Ueda Tsumugi is a traditional woven silk fabric popular since Edo times. At studio workshops in Ueda, cr...
Zazen Meditation
Ueda City
Choshozenji Temple in a rural area of Ueda City has a history that dates back to 1377. Several times a year...
Ueda Tsumugi Fabric
Ueda City
Ueda Tsumugi is a traditional woven silk fabric that was popular throughout Japan in the Edo era. Ueda wa...
Uchiyama Style Japanese Paper Making (Iiyama City Hand-made Paper Workshop)
Iiyama City
‘Washi’ (Japanese traditional paper) is made from wood fiber, making it stronger than today’s more com...
Zazen Meditation and Sutra Copying at Zenkoji’s Daikanjin Temple
Nagano City
At Daikanjin Temple, one of the two temples that overseers Zenkoji’s administration, you can get in tou...
Uchiyama Paper
Iiyama City
Made exclusively from paper mulberry bark, Uchiyama handmade paper is strong, breathable, and transl...
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