It’s always exciting to visit places I’ve never been.

Today I start at Shinano Oiwake station of Shinano railway.

I had to get up quite early to get in 7:50 train.　信濃追分駅出発

　　　　 A view of tweed around the station.Standing on the platform of the station Mr Asama can be seen beyond tweed.浅間山が見えます

 A train is coming. Train is approaching,

This train for Karuizawa not for Nagano.　信濃鉄道です

This is inside of Nagano Dentetsu which I have never been.

   Some seets seem to have been brought from somewhere, from other train.I was surprised how much they charge from Nagano to Obuse, 670 yen, thought expensive.　カラフルだけど運賃は高い

Arrived Obuse. This time there is no bus around the city, in fact no bus at all people have means of transportation only on foot. So I took a taxi to Gannshouin

.     A small building outside Ganshoin and mountains behind.　バスはこの時期動いていません

     Entrance to ganshoin and information board.

     Niomon gate and main building through Niomon gate.

 Ganshoin Hondou(main building) I went to Ganshoin to see a Chinese phoenix painted by Hokusai (Katsushika Hokusai) but I was not very much impressed.

     Grape trees wrapped with straws to prevent them from cold north wind, they say.I started to chat with owner and she said she lost her mother-in-law and her husband last year.　I always enjoy talking with local people.土地の人と話すのはたのしい

     Two private houses.A house left reminds me of my home town Hakodate. The house looks like typical houses in Hakodate, in Hokkaidou.

   Noren(shop curtains) are symbol of Obuse. They represent Sake or Obuse’s symbol chesnuts.

   Chestnut Tree Terrace & Masuichi Ichimura Sake brewer.Chestnut Tree Terrace coffee shop is recommended by information at the station and as they recommended their Mont Blanc cake made of Obuse chesnuts are so delicious that I had two.Masuichi Ichimura is known as an American woman invited an architect designer from Hong Kong and renovated the brewer completely with the etrangere’s sense.I read her book and was impressed on her different point of view.

     Noren (shop curtain) of Obusedou, one of the most famous of Japanese cakes made of chestnuts.Museum was closed due to being under construction, I must visit them again.

     Tiny quarter of old houses which brought me to Edo period(timetripped)/　江戸時代のよう

    Where I am now? I am lost in other world? This is a reality or not? It seemed people lives cosily without having so many things, simple is best, so they carried simple life.

     They know the beauty of pots. And even carrier is displayed.

      Barrell to be used to make sake.

   Old house with nicely trimmed pine trees. Barrells to see from different direction.

      Exit gate and backyard of Obusedou.

  People walking are matching to old houses.