Zenkoji Temple is said to have been founded in 644, long before Buddhism was divided into various sects.Known since the Heian period (794-1192) as a temple for women's salvation, it has attracted many worshippers since that time. By the end of the Edo period (1603-1867), it was believed that a pilg...»
Togakushi Shrine consists of five shrines located at the foot of Mt. The five shrines are Okusha, Naka-sha, Hogo-sha, Kutouryu-sha, and Hinomiko-sha, and visitors can tour the five shrines along the Togakushi Ancient Trail. According to legend, Kutouryuu no Mikami, the local deity of the area, wel...»
The Hokusai Museum is a museum where visitors can view original paintings by the world-famous ukiyo-e artist of the late Edo period, Katsushika Hokusai. Katsushika Hokusai was a painting fanatic who moved to Obuse, Nagano Prefecture 93 times. The two ceiling paintings of dragons and phoenixes on t...»
"Togakushi soba" refers to soba from Togakushi, Nagano City in Nagano Prefecture. There are some rules to be called "Togakushi soba" - soba should be made with hikigurumi (whole soba flour) and dished out in bundles shaped like a hoof on a plate, Togashi daikon has to be used for a condiment, and th...»
Soba noodles are produced by mixing soba (buckwheat) and regular flour, adding water, mixing, kneading, rolling and cutting. As a general rule, only noodles containing 40% or more soba flour can carry the Shinshu name. The Shinshu region has long been known for its soba, which grows well in the high...»
It's made an anniversary of death of Mr. Buddha on February 15, but it's offered at a make family Buddhist altar on March 15 of January late in Iizunacho. "And, I shoulder, oh, pull" and children went to a Zen temple and amajo to have this. HAN TEN was turned over and the form was changed in the ins...»
When work in a rice field was settled for the time being in the Kami-ina area formerly, relative's people gathered, and a rice dumplings-on-a-stick meeting was held. It hung time slowly and was some time of the fun clear sky when an adult and a child make and eat rice dumplings-on-a-stick by everyon...»
Buckwheat flour is dissolved in water and it's stirred in the Japanese radish cutting into fine strips boiled rather hard. Because it can be made a thing seen as the soba limit and a short time when it's larger in the quantity of Japanese radish than buckwheat flour, I say "sou soba". Only Sukagawa ...»
"Nidoimo (twice potato)" was named so because it was harvested twice a year. The ingredients for nidoimo no misodengaku are nidoimo, egoma and onikurumi (wallnuts) and they are all produced in Toyamago. Imodengaku, made with local foodstuff, is a valuable food culture....»
Iroha-do, a long-established business founded in 1925 in Nagano Prefecture, operates a store with a factory. Here, visitors can enjoy the sale of their special oyaki, observe the oyaki production process, and try their hand at making oyaki. There is also a café and a store where visitors can enjoy d...»
The main store, winery, restaurant, chapel, and vineyard of St. Cousair are located on a hill with a beautiful view in the town of Iizuna in northern Nagano Prefecture. The vineyard grows mainly Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet, and Pinot Noir, and wine is made from grapes grown in the company's own vi...»