Month: September 2024
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Naraijuku Street, a historical post-town of Nakasendo
I visited Naraijuku in Nagano Prefecture on a hot day in mid-August. Naraijuku is an old historical post-town in Kisoji (Kiso Road) along the Nakasendo, which was one of the main highways in the Edo Era (1603-1867) and connected Kyoto and Edo (old name of Tokyo). Naraijuku Street is about 1km long, and old wooden…
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A chartered bus to Mt. Norikuradake in Kita-Alps
A day in the middle of Aug. this summer, we ran a chartered bus round trip from Shinanomachi in Nagano Pref. to Mt. Norikuradake in Kita-Alps. The customers were the residents of the second house community in Shinanomachi, where our company, LAMPYA, is based. Mt. Norikuradake has a height of 3026m and consists of many…