Matsumoto

Location Description

40 photos

Cass posses with a carved woodland critter.
After arriving in Matsumoto, the inn keepers picked us...
Cass, Sara and Jennie biking in Japan.
Cass, Sarah and Jennie again.
Cass, riding along side the river through Matsumoto.
They have Bob's Big Boy in places besides truck stops on...
Jennie, who is also from Connecticut.
Sara on her awesome Japanese bicycle. It seemed that...
How Japanese.
Apparently the regional specialty in Nagano is soba....
I liked this spice container.
My lunch. Closest thing to vegetarian: raw horse meat.
Matsumoto Castle!
A little bit closer.
John at Matsumoto Castle.
Stupid swan for messing up the perfectly reflective water.
Another view of the castle.
This castle was built from wood in the 16th century and...
Inside the castle: a plan of the village and moats that...
Gunpowder comes to Japan.
Samurai outfit.
Tools for making bullet casings.
View of Matsumoto town from Level 3 (of 6) inside...
On the 6th floor... 22 meters above the ground, in a...
Mt. Johnen. Sweet.
Carved wooden fish on the roof.
Where the Samurai master of the castle slept. I think...
There are two sorts of windows on the lower floors......
Matsumoto castle!
Fall colors.
Here is some history on the castle and surrounding town....
Castle with snow capped peaks in the distance.
Sara and Cass in downtown Matsumoto.
Breakfast at our inn. I guess I never took any pictures...
Yogurt with fresh fruit.
Miso soup.
The miso soup had mushrooms the inn keeper had foraged...
We met two Canadians at breakfast and then the inn...
We had been planning to hike in the surrounding...
The United States is severely culturally deprived in the...