Nagano

The above picture is the called as Matsumoto castle in Nagano prefecture. I took this picture in September 2006. Matsumoto castle is one of well preserved historical build in Japan. There’s always many tourists there. Well I’ve been to the castle three times in my life. The first & second time was when I was around 12 years old. I was big fun of Japanese history and visiting historical towns like Matsumoto. My parents would always take us to good excursion for learning Japan. From their education, I became to travel very much. Now I think the reason why I love traveling is coming from my parent’s idea to educate.
Matsumoto city in Nagano is not far from my home town Gumma prefecture. Nagao is well developed with good nature and history. You can enjoy a lot the landscape. You can see the higher mountains. The climate is not so much hot in summer. One of city in Nagano called Karuizawa is very famous as summer resort.
I can give you some words if you are interested in Nagano
1 You can enjoy the beautiful landscape, mountains, rivers, and forests.
2 can enjoy skiing and skating.
3 can see the volcano with smoke out (if you are lucky.)
4 can enjoy hot springs anywhere.
5 can enjoy tasteful noodle with walnut called Kurumi-soba.
6 can taste Japanese Sake.
7 can enjoy various arts. So many artists settle down to Nagano.8 can enjoy seeing castle; Matsumoto, Ueda and Komoro city.