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Funabashi
Worth visiting!
A review of this place
Definitely worth visiting for the castle, and there are other places in the same area that are great to visit if you’re travelling by car. Hida Takayama is not that far to go to, so you could easily do two great places in one trip.
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Ottawa
Worth visiting!
A tip I have about this place
there are several brazilian grocery stores where you can get wonderful imported food, as well as a place that sells organic brown rice. nearby shiojiri also has an organic whole-foods bakery and cafe, in the woods just outside of town. there used to be – maybe still is? – a tasty indian restaurant near the train station; great tasting food, but a little (cough) cockroach problem.
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Introduction to Matsumoto
November 20, 2006
Located in the middle of a wide basin about 198m (660 ft.) above sea level and surrounded on all sides by mountain ranges, Matsumoto boasts a fine feudal castle with the oldest existing donjon (keep) in Japan, as well as an outstanding woodblock-print museum. Although the city itself (pop. 202,000) is modern with little remaining from its castle days, it does boast approximately 100 kura (storehouses) scattered throughout town, built a century ago after a devastating fire destroyed most homes and businesses. Some of the kura, made of earth and straw and then painted many times to protect valuables against future flames, have been renovated into shops, restaurants, and other establishments.
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A Japanese Castle Bares Its Secrets
January 19, 2003
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