Edo Period Town & Historic Castle｜Japanese Historical Trip to Nagano｜JAPAN TRAVEL VLOG

Edo Period Town & Historic Castle｜Japanese Historical Trip to Nagano｜JAPAN TRAVEL VLOG

Hi, I’m Daisuke😊Thank you for watching! This time, continuing from last time, it’s the second day of the two-day trip. Nagano boasts as many places steeped in Japanese history as it does beautiful natural landscapes. On this second day, I’ll embark on a journey to experience Japan’s history✨ I’ve been wanting to visit the post town and castle for a while now, and I’m really looking forward to it😊 Let’s enjoy the trip together👍 Matsumoto Castle was first built around 500 years ago in 1504. Matsumoto Castle is also known as the “Crow Castle” and features a rare black-lacquered appearance. It is said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who ruled Japan at the time, was fond of the color black, so it was painted black to show loyalty. I can feel the history of Japan😌 Matsumoto Castle comes into view! It’s really pitch black😯 It seems you can enter the castle. Looking up from below, you can feel its grandeur. What a nice view! Did the samurai of that time also gaze upon the castle town from here? Next, I arrived at a post town that flourished during the Edo period. This post town was located along the Nakasendo, the main road connecting Tokyo and Kyoto, and during the Edo period, it served as an important thoroughfare with many people passing through. Narai-juku was located near the Tori Pass, the most challenging section of the Nakasendo, so many travelers stayed overnight to prepare for crossing the pass. It was apparently called “Narai Senken(Narai 1000 Houses)” because it was always bustling. I feel like I’ve traveled back in time to the Edo period😄 The water is clean because it’s in the mountains. There are many drinking fountains here, a remnant of the town’s history as a post town💧 There also seem to be inns and restaurants reminiscent of the old days. It’s a cafe🥤 I feel a very calm atmosphere😊 Narai-juku has a famous large bridge. The scenery of the mountains, rivers and bridges is beautiful😌 The Kiso Bridge in Narai is a rare bridge in Japan without piers, and appears to have been built recently. It was a post town where the atmosphere of the Edo period remains vividly preserved👍 Next, I arrived at a farm famous for its wasabi. Wasabi apparently won’t grow without clean water, and as someone born in Tokyo, this is my first time seeing a wasabi farm. Apparently wasabi is grown under this black cloth. It seems to be a shrine dedicated to the god of water. There is so much wasabi growing all over the fields! Even though it’s summer, the water is very cold! The clarity of the water is amazing😳 It looks like you can buy freshly picked wasabi😊 There are also souvenir shops that use wasabi😌 Thank you for watching🙏

Hi, I’m Daisuke

I went on a trip to Nagano, a city surrounded by the Japanese Alps and with a rich history.
On the second day of my two-day trip, I visited Narai-juku, a post town steeped in history, Matsumoto Castle, and a farm that produces wasabi, which is rare even in Japan✨

The second day of the trip was also wonderful😊

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0:00 Opening
1:34 Matsumoto Castle
5:07 Narai-juku
8:52 Narai Bridge
10:35 Daio Wasabi Farm

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