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Matsumoto
Japan's oldest five-tiered wooden keep, a jet-black National Treasure ringed by a moat with the Northern Alps behind it.
A preserved merchant street of white-walled kura storehouses, now craft shops, cafes and galleries south of the Metoba River.
A narrow, nostalgic pedestrian lane along the Metoba River lined with tiny shops, snack stalls and quirky frog statues.
Matsumoto's art museum showcasing hometown avant-garde icon Yayoi Kusama, marked by a giant polka-dot tulip sculpture outside.
Japan's largest wasabi farm, a scenic Azumino landscape of spring-fed water channels, watermills and wasabi ice cream.
A central Matsumoto Shinto shrine by the Metoba River enshrining four deities, said to grant nearly any wish.
A photogenic 1876 Western-style school, Japan's oldest, now a National Treasure museum of Meiji-era education near the castle.
A pristine alpine valley beneath the Hotaka peaks, laced with clear rivers, ponds and easy riverside trails.
The head shrine of the Azumi clan, honouring seafaring gods amid the landlocked Azumino countryside.
Matsumoto's central townspeople's shrine, dedicated to the deities of war and of scholarship.
A leafy city park of cherry trees and Meiji-era architecture beside Shinshu University.
A beautifully preserved Edo-era post town on the old Nakasendo highway, lined with wooden merchant houses.
A hillside park west of the city with sweeping views over Matsumoto to the Northern Japan Alps.
A charming museum of antique clocks and watches behind a giant pendulum on the Metoba River.
A highland resort of waterfalls, marshes and hot springs at the foot of Mt. Norikura in the Japan Alps.
A historic 1868 natural-fermentation miso brewery offering free tours, tastings and a factory-direct miso lunch.
A long-established soba restaurant near Matsumoto Castle serving Nagano's famous buckwheat noodles and local sake.
A local craft brewery with taprooms in Matsumoto's old town, pouring Alpine-water beers in a historic setting.
Matsumoto's most famous free-flowing spring well, source of the pure Alpine water behind the town's food and drink.
A hillside winery in the Yamabe grape district east of Matsumoto, offering tastings of local Nagano wines.
Home to the world's largest collection of ukiyo-e woodblock prints — over 100,000 works from the Sakai family.
A vast mountaintop sculpture park at 2,000 m, where 350+ artworks stand against sweeping Japan Alps views.
Matsumoto's rebuilt central museum (reopened 2023) telling the city's history and folk culture near the castle.
A serene storehouse museum devoted to mingei folk crafts — ceramics, textiles, furniture and everyday beauty.
