Nagano: Best Things to Do
SIGHTSEEING
Start your journey with visit Tsumago-juku is a historical landmark in Nagano. This place becomes the popular destination to visit in Nagano. Here you can be a witness to amazing old fashion building and the street of Japanese style. When you visit here you can feel a peaceful walk with gorgeous views.
Tsumago-juku
DOWNTOWN
Bustling around the downtown of Matsumoto Castle is the famous castle in Nagano. It is an important historical building in Japan. Known as Crow Castle, this castle is a great place to know more about the history of this amazing city. You can do walking around, take some photos and add your knowledge about Nagano city.
Matsumoto Castle
SHOPPING
If you are looking for locally made products just visit MIDORI Nagano. MIDORI Nagano is a famous shopping mall in Nagano. This shopping mall offers some clothes stores, restaurants, cafes, and bakeries. Kashiwaya Shaddy is a gift shop in Nagano. Then, this gift shop provides clothes, instant food, display, and others.
MIDORI Nagano
Kashiwaya Shaddy
FOOD & DRINK
Sesame Soba Noodles is the authentic food that you should try in Nagano. This food made from Buckwheat noodles, soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, toasted sesame seeds, rice vinegar, and others. Mugicha is typical of a drink in Nagano. This drink provides Green tea leaves, brown rice, and others.
CULTURE
Have a rich culture, Nagano is famous for its culture and ancient history. Ancient samurai culture is from the villages of Tsumago and Narai in Nagano. Then, Matsumoto Castle is a great place to know about the myths, legends, and real history behind the Nagano samurai culture.
BEST TIME TO VISIT
The best time to visit Nagano is May. This month have a great temperature is not really cold for tourists. Then, you can walk around to enjoy this city with a pleasant temperature.
HOTEL
The best accommodation in Nagano is Dormy Inn Nagano. Dormy Inn Nagano is three stars hotel located 2 km from the Zenkō-ji Buddhist temple. This hotel offers free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs, plus desks and minifridges. Other amenities are indoor and outdoor gender-segregated communal baths with natural hot spring water. Hotel Metropolitan Nagano is four stars hotel. Located in a 3-minute from Nagano Station on a walk. This hotel provides free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs, and mini fridges, plus tea and coffee making facilities. The public facilities are a spa, conference facilities, and free parking.
Dormy Inn Nagano
Hotel Metropolitan Nagano
RESTAURANT
Stop by at Tsukiji-Nihonkai Nagano Station branch is a Sushi restaurant in Nagano. This restaurant is really famous for various of sushi that they serve. You can get the best sushi in here with the fresh seafood and ingredients. Yayoiza is another recommended restaurant in Nagano. This restaurant is a Japanese restaurant in Nagano. This restaurant has an old fashioned Japanese style. Then, bamboo steamed food is the recommended menu that should try it when visiting here.
Tsukiji-Nihonkai Nagano Station branch
Yayoiza
CAFE
Enjoy this city with visit STARBUCKS COFFEE MIDORI Nagano is a Coffee shop in Nagano. This coffee shop has a great variety of coffee and they also have WiFi as the facility. Then, this restaurant has a modern style. Maruyama Coffee is a popular cafe in Nagano. This coffee shop is a good shop to try the delicious coffee in Nagano. Here, you can find some various bakeries as a compliment while drinking a coffee.
Maruyama Coffee
STARBUCKS COFFEE MIDORI Nagano
BAR AND NIGHTLIFE
Spend a night at The Red Dragon is a Pub with a classic style. This pub has a great selection of alcoholic drinks. Then, this pub also has fish and chips as the recommended food in here. Tracks Bar is another bar in Nagano. Tracks Bar is a casual bar with a good selection of beer and wine. This bar has music live performances as entertainment. So, you can enjoy your drink in here with good facilities.
The Red Dragon
Tracks Bar
INTERESTING PLACE
The interesting place in Nagano is Jigokudani Monkey Park. Jigokudani Monkey Park is a Nature preserve in Nagano. This park is part of Joshinetsu Kogen National Park. Here, you can see many monkeys with a stunning landscape. Zenkō-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Nagano. Built-in the 7th century, this temple have a pretty building and becomes a one-stop destination in Nagano.
Jigokudani Monkey Park
Zenkō-ji Temple
INSTAGRAMMABLE SPOT
Nagano has some outdoor places to take some photos. Hakuba Happo-One Snow Resort is a ski resort located on Mount Karamatsu. This resort is really famous destination for those people love to ski. Here, there are many spots to take some photos. Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort is another resort in Nagano. located in Nozawaonsen, this is the biggest ski area in Nagano. The beautiful scenery makes you love and want to take some moment here with taking the photo to upload on your Instagram.
Hakuba Happo-One Snow Resort
Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort
