Ryokan at Nagano

The Highlands

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October 8th 2007
So after we left Tokyo, we took a train to Nagano, the city that hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics and also well known for the Japanese Snow Monkeys that bathes in the onsen with the humans. The city is also famous for the 3rd largest Buddhist temple in Japan (Senkoji) and soba noodles. Awesome. So we checked into a Ryokan right after we arrived, and walked around the city. The city is small, wi ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more