Today we travelled to Nagano, where the 1998 Winter Olympics were held.
The Olympic venues are spread all over the city. The short time there wouldn’t have been enough to see them.
Instead, we walked from the station down a long shopping and food street to the Zenkōji temple. Our taste buds really got their money’s worth here. There was all sorts of stuff to try and we got full way too quickly.
The timing of our visit was spot on, as the autumn leaves were in full swing. Deep red maple leaves put on a gorgeous splash of colour.
Further out there’s also the Togakushi shrine, which is well worth seeing, but unfortunately requires a longer drive and so had to be skipped as well. That means we’ll just have to visit Nagano again on our next trip and bring more time with us. 😉
