I was able to get the Friday off work, so I wanted to take advantage of the day off. I looked at the map of Japan and tried to decide where I wanted to go. First, I looked at prices for transportation and it seemed my best choice would be Nagano. I was able to find a round trip bus ticket from Tokyo to Nagano for only 5,800 yen. If I had bought my ticket a couple days earlier it would’ve been just 4,300 yen. Oh, well. I set off early on Friday morning and was able to get to Nagano at 11:30am. The bus was very comfortable and even had coverings on all the seats for privacy when you sleep. I took advantage of the covering and slept most of the way there. Since I arrived before lunch, I was able to take full advantage of the way and walk all over the city. I went to the main temple, Zenkoji, and walked all over. It was really beautiful and it was so nice to be able to take my time. Then I saw another temple in the distance on a hill, so I decided to go to that as well. While walking back to the downtown area of Nagano I came across some traditional food from the area, oyaki diumplings. They were delicious and I made it a point to eat as many of these as I could because I have never seen them in Tokyo. Unfortunately, it really started to rain in the afternoon so I had to take shelter in the numerous shops around the city. It was a really nice day just sight-seeing around Nagano. (the photos are out of order because I was taking photos on my camera and my phone)
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| the night before I tried these kit kats: cough drop flavor and adolescent citrus |
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| cool red temple |
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| nice mountains views |
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| quiet streets |
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| Buddha |
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| entrance to the temple |
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| another temple |
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| temple in the distance |
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| spider lilies |
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| another temple |
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| the main temple |
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| started to rain |
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| nice bridge |
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| selfie time |
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| Buddhas |
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| nice colors |
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| people's wishes on display |
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| year of the cow |
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| incense burning in front of the temple |
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| nice views |
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| temple |
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| temple in the distance |
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| cemetery in the distance |
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| saw this temple in the distance |
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| on the door of a temple |
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| great sight |
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| nice rose |
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| cemetery |
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| locked gate for....??? |
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| nice view of the temple in the distance |
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| red leaves |
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| maple leaves starting to change color |
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| view of the temple from the side |
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| Buddha's footprints |
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| nice reflections |
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| sake containers |
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| nice |
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| lily pads |
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| another temple |
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| oyaki on the outside |
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| yummy oyaki with mountain vegetables |
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| shoes put in front of the temple |
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| empty streets |
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| slowly starting to change colors |
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| colors starting to change |
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| awesome colors |
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| hmmmmm |
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| getting ready for Halloween |
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| empty streets |
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| from when the Olympics were in Nagano |
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| god of luck |
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| maybe that's why i like italians, haha |
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