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All The Matsumoto Highlights In This One Day Itinerary
Matsumoto is a castle city, surrounded by the stunning mountains of Nagano prefecture. With one of Japan’s 5 most precious castles, a charming traditional aesthetic and an abundance of fresh flowing natural spring water, it makes for...
Matsumoto Musts: Folk Crafts and Unique Foods To Seek Out
Like many of Japan’s prefectures, Matsumoto has some fantastic local specialties. From unique Matsumoto foods to folk crafts and natural resources, here are the key things you should seek out during your visit.Â
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Nawate dori: Matsumoto’s Charming Frog Street
A visit to the mountain city of Matsumoto wouldn’t be complete without a stroll down Nawate Street. Just 10 minutes’ walk from Matsumoto Castle, the quaint Nawate-dori looks as though it’s been plucked from the pages of...
Nakamachi Street: Matsumoto’s Historic Thoroughfare
Nakamachi Street is one of the most beloved of all Matsumoto attractions. A walk along this shopping street, with its Edo era facades, transports you back in time a few hundred years to when this modern city...
Matsumoto Castle: Ninjas and Crows and Koi, Oh My!
Japan is a land of many castles—some 300 to be precise. Admittedly, they can begin to look quite similar after a time, so it’s worth knowing which ones hold particular importance. Of the 300, only twelve castles...
A Day at Daio Wasabi Farm: The Biggest in Japan
If you’d told me five years ago that one day I'd be pairing my steak with soy sauce and wasabi, rather than gravy and mustard, I would have called you crazy. But here we are and I simply can’t get enough. Although...
