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Nagano · Japan
In the destination Matsumoto and Kamikochi.
In the photo: Kappa Bridge and the Azusa River in Kamikochi, in the Matsumoto area.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Matsumoto is the second-largest city in Nagano Prefecture, in a basin at the foot of the Northern Alps. Matsumoto Castle, with its original black keep from the late 16th century, is a national treasure; nearby are Nakamachi Street, with white-walled storehouses, and the former Kaichi School. The city is the gateway to Kamikochi Valley, open from April to November, and to the Azumino plain, home to the Daio wasabi farm.
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The local experience
Castle with the original main keep from the late 16th century, wooden with black walls, surrounded by a moat. A national treasure, it has five roofs and six internal floors, steep stairs and a moon-viewing tower.
Upper Azusa River valley, at about 1,500 meters altitude, in the Northern Alps, with flat trails through forests and lakes and views of the Hotaka massif. Generally open from mid-April to mid-November, with no private cars allowed.
A street in central Matsumoto with merchant warehouses of white walls and black diamond-patterned lines, now occupied by craft shops, cafés and galleries. Nearby is the Nawate alley, along the Metoba River.
One of the largest wasabi plantations in Japan, in Azumino, irrigated by meltwater from the Northern Alps, with gravel beds under black screens, a clear-water river and wooden waterwheels.
Beyond the guide
