Category: Matsumoto
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Exploring Matsumoto Castle: A Journey Through History
August 12, 2025. Matsumoto, Japan. Day 6 Today, we journeyed to Matsumoto Castle, a magnificent structure and one of Japan’s oldest surviving castles. Since our visit fell during a holiday week, a sea of visitors filled the grounds, and we learned that our wait to enter would be between one and two hours. After purchasing…
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Road Trip from Minakami to Matsumoto: Tips and Insights
August 10, 2025. Matsumoto, Japan. Day 4 Today we drove from Minakami, Gunma to Matsumoto, Nagano. There are several ways to get to Matsumoto: you can travel on local roads through the mountains or head south to Takasaki and then east until reaching Matsumoto. This is the route we chose, and it proved to be…