Nagano, like the few Japanese cities that I have so far experienece has lots of wide avenues lined by tall buildings that are lit up very colourfully at night. The main attraction for me was the ease with which one could get to Jigokudani Yaen-koen. Apparently it is the only place in the world you can witness monkeys (Japanese macaques) bathe in hot springs. On the way to Jigokudani Yaen-koen there are lots of orchards that are rich with fruit at this time of the year: apples, grapes and satsumas. The apples and grapes are huge! All the fruit in Japan is expensive. The large apples are tasty, the large dark grapes taste like Fanta grape (or maybe that should be the other way round) and the satsumas are really sweet. The last bit of the
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