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One of many antique shops in Ueda city. The store is lined with antiques worthy of a castle town, including items from the mid-Edo period, as well as period chests, braziers and period woodwork. There are many reasonably priced items such as 200 yen for old cloth and 100 yen for dishes from the Meiji and Taisho periods.

A workshop and shop that makes one of the three largest pigeons in Japan, "Ueda Tsuki". Production experience is 3000 yen per person (reservation required, up to 3 people). The vase can be woven in about 1 hour and 30 minutes. While experiencing the old-fashioned hand-weave, let's also get your own souvenirs.

You can wander around the land of the Uedahara battle, where the warlords of Shingen Takeda and Yoshiki Murakami fought a hard-fought battle, against the backdrop of a strange rock-rock-nosed rock with one hundred views of Japan. The large site, which overlooks the Chikuma River, includes a lawn square and a dog park, while the exchange center sells local produce and souvenirs, and the eating and drinking corner offers grilled, sweet rice noodles and horse meat udon noodles from Chikuma River.

A drive route of about 320km from Ueda, Nagano to Nikko, Tochigi, crossing Gunma Prefecture. It was set in 1987 because of its resemblance to the German Romantic Road. Eleven municipalities participate in Gunma Prefecture. The main route is from Oni Extrusion in Tsumagoi Village (Asama Kogen) to Kusatsu Onsen via Mount Shirane. From Kusatsu to Nakanojo, the northern route that crosses the Kurezaka Pass to 40,000 is a road that also crosses the wandering poet, Wakayama Makisui. The southern route is along the Azuma River. Up to Numata, there is a exotic spot of Rockhart Castle, Marble Village. To Nikko, it is a road full of nature, such as Nikkorenzan and Fukiwari Falls.

"Sanada Taiheiji", written by Naoki Prize writer Shotaro Ikenami, is famous as a feature-length taiga novel depicting the way Sanada Masayuki, Nobuyuki and Yukimura lived in the Sengoku Ransei. There is a permanent display of "Sanada Taiheiji" coverage notes and Ikenami's remains, as well as a theater where you can enjoy the footage of Ueda, which was reproduced by cutting-paper painting, and an illustrated gallery. Sanada fans must see.

The museum, which displays about 1500 pieces of wood-carved work produced by peasant art guru Chiharu and Toshiharu. Decorative items such as garments, shitate [tsutate], and garnish pots are displayed inside the museum, which was renovated from a private house of the hipped building Nakamonzo, which was relocated from a heavy snowfall area in Niigata. In addition, there are also real items such as large and small boxes, trays, and confectioners, as well as 1200 pieces of wooden sculptures collected around the world. It takes 40 minutes.

An art literature room displaying the works and tools used in productions by Tsuruzo Ishii, who served as a lecturer at the Ueda Kōzoku [Chōyō] study group for 46 years. Some 10 sculptural works, including a statue of a woman and a sitting statue of Shinano, as well as watercolor paintings, oil paintings, illustrations and prints, are on display. I want you to call out to the office of the elementary school hall [the first floor of the new building] before giving a tour. Journey time 30 minutes.

The museum is located at the site of the Ueda Jōni Maru. It exhibits the history of the Ueda clan that followed with Sanada, Sengoku, and Matsudaira, as well as materials about the post houses of Ueda Castle and Hokukoku Kaido. The armour and armour of successive feudal lords, such as Sanada Masayuki's gushi, tell history. In addition, there are 145,000 items in the collection, including the local specialty products Ueda Tsuki [Uedatsumugi] and Someya-yaki [Some-yaki]. There are also fossils of molars of the Nauman elephant. Take 30 minutes.

It is located in Ueda, the birthplace of the Sanada family, and the town of Yanagi, which flourished as a post town on the Hokukoku Kaido. Even now, the houses that make you feel the times continue to flow through the houses, and it has gained popularity as an area where good old streets are left. There are shops dealing with the attractive specialities and specialties of Shinshu Ueda, including natural yeast bakeries, Shinshu soba, and delicious savory yakitori, as well as shops that continue from the Edo period. The cobblestone-lined road is also easy to walk.

The site of the present-day Ueda High School falls on the site of the former Ueda feudal lord's residence. This mansion was also the main institution of the feudal government, the feudal government. The front gate on the east side of the school, and the earthen walls, moats, and earthworks (dorui) on both sides of the school, often retain the features of the old days, and are designated as a cultural property of Ueda City. Cherry blossoms and azalea bloom beautifully in the area around the omen from spring to early summer.