Driving in Nagano JAPAN – Nagawa to Unnojuku [4K]

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Nagawa (長和町, Nagawa-machi) is a town located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
The town has a climate characterized by characterized by warm and humid summers, and cold, very snowy winters (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Nagawa is 8.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1388 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 21.9 °C, and lowest in January, at around -3.6 °C.

The area of present-day Nagawa was part of ancient Shinano Province. The area was part of the holdings of Ueda Domain during the Edo period, and had two stations on the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto: Nagakubo-shuku and Wada-shuku.
(Wikipedia)

Unnojuku
The streets of Unnojuku include buildings in the style of Edo period inns, thatched roofed buildings, and rugged buildings used for raising silkworms from after the Meiji era, all well-harmonized together to form a traditional line of houses.
Water flowing in the middle of the road, with beautiful houses covered with latticed doors lined up on both sides, gives a quiet and peaceful feel reminiscent of the town’s history.
In addition, the area around Shiratori Shrine, the god of Unnojuku, tells the history of the shrine, at the center of which is a zelkova tree that is over 700 years old. In the annual festival every April the old custom of twelve large banners being lined up along the road is still practiced.
Unnojuku Fureiai festival is held on November 23, when period costumes and rickshaws are brought out and the bustle of the inaugural post office is revitalized.

Unnojuku was established as a Hokkoku Kaidō highway post town in the second year of Kanei (1625). The Hokkaido Highway was an important road connecting the Nakasendo (Central Mountain Route) and the Hokurikudō (Northern Land Route). In addition to the diplomatic exchanges of various daimyo in Hokuriku, and the transportation of gold collected at Sado, travel between Edo was also frequent and there were many visitors to Zenkō-ji.
The nearby Tanaka post town was damaged by a flood in the second year of Kanpo, and since the inn for government officials moved to Unnojuku with 59 post horse houses, and 23 lodgings, it became very busy.
Once the Meiji era began and lodging was ended, Unnojuku became a sericulture village.
With the traditional houses being preserved until modern times, the area was selected as one of “Japan’s Hundred Best Roads” in 1986 and as a “National Conservation District of Traditional Buildings” in 1987.

Nagano Prefecture
Host of the 1998 Winter Olympics, Nagano is an outdoor sports mecca particularly famous for skiing and snowboarding. Often called the “roof of Japan,” it boasts the highest mountain ranges in the country. Enclaves of rural culture continue much as they have for centuries, with the villages of Tsumago and Narai appearing as if they were plucked straight from a samurai film. Raucous festivals and the stately black walls of Matsumoto Castle also survive intact, as do rustic onsen villages with their relaxing mountain ambiance. Karuizawa has a casual cosmopolitan atmosphere, with plenty of quirky pensions.

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Filming Date: October 30, 2020

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