Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture (Traditional Japanese straw raincoat) is a city blessed with beautiful nature surrounded by the mountains of the Northern Alps.
Please visit Azumino City and experience its charm.
We will send out recommended tourist information on Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture (Azumino Traditional Japanese straw raincoat), where the largest Wasabi field in Japan spreads, on COOL JAPAN VIDEOS, so please look forward to it.
Please visit Azumino City and experience its charm.
We will send out recommended tourist information on Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture (Azumino Traditional Japanese straw raincoat), where the largest Wasabi field in Japan spreads, on COOL JAPAN VIDEOS, so please look forward to it.
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![[Image1]Azumino is enjoying fine weather this morning ☀️Mt. Tsubakuro and Mt. Ariake were clearly visible to](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/649d883b54e525c36d4eb8cca96e64ed6582d7d9.jpg)
Azumino is enjoying fine weather this morning ☀️
Mt. Tsubakuro and Mt. Ariake were clearly visible too
It looks like Koshin will be hot again today…
Please watch out for heatstroke 🥵
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The crystal-clear water flowing from the wasabi fields of Azumino
Fed abundantly by groundwater from the Northern Alps, this water is pure and transparent.
When you touch it, it feels cool and refreshing — very pleasant 😁
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![[Image1]📍Katori Shrine and Mt. Ariake in AzuminoKatori Shrine stands quietly amid the rice fields of Azumino](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/6713fd68464a171e51a9cb7fe28e7096ff7de28c.jpg)
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📍Katori Shrine and Mt. Ariake in Azumino
Katori Shrine stands quietly amid the rice fields of Azumino, with the graceful ridgeline of the Northern Alps stretching behind it.
The mountain, shaped like Mt. Fuji, is Mt. Ariake, also called Shinano Fuji.
Today, temperatures in Azumino rose nearly to a scorching summer level as the area soaked up strong sunlight.
📍Katori Shrine and Mt. Ariake in Azumino
Katori Shrine sits in the heart of the countryside, with the beautiful ridgeline of the Northern Alps unfolding behind it.
The mountain with a Fuji-like silhouette is Mt. Ariake, known as "Shinano Fuji."
Today in Azumino the temperature climbed close to a heatwave level, and the landscape was bathed in summer sunlight.
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Shinshu salmon raised using groundwater from the Northern Alps
There are trout farms scattered throughout Azumino
We were blessed with fine weather today, and it looks set to become a hot day…
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![[Image1]Isemiya Shrine standing amid rice fieldsI could see the Northern Alps toward Hakuba, but clouds rose](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/cc568a48b3b11f9aed964f3c9befcca6378f0c89.jpg)
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Isemiya Shrine standing amid rice fields
I could see the Northern Alps toward Hakuba, but clouds rose around Mount Ariake
It already feels like early summer in Azumino
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![[Image1]Chogatake as seen from AzuminoA snow pattern has appeared just below its summitUnlike the Jonenbo pa](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/d934dbe5070437564665864662c8f3208dd53627.jpg)
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Chogatake as seen from Azumino
A snow pattern has appeared just below its summit
Unlike the Jonenbo pattern on Mt. Jonen, the snow pattern on Chogatake is a positive type (the remaining snow appears white)
True to the mountain’s name, a white butterfly seems to emerge
See if you can spot it
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![[Image1]The rose garden adjacent to Azumino City Museum (formerly Toyoshina Modern Art Museum) next to Azumi](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/2134afd825db785a09f7b8d6db86e66ecf0f8612.jpg)
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The rose garden adjacent to Azumino City Museum (formerly Toyoshina Modern Art Museum) next to Azumino City Hall is now at peak bloom.
You can enjoy about 250 varieties and more than 500 repeat-blooming roses!
Rose Week 2025: Saturday, May 24 – Sunday, June 1
Although the museum is closed, the museum garden will hold a plant sale on Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25, from 9:00 a.m. to around 3:00 p.m., timed with the roses’ bloom. A pottery market by the Hotaka Pottery Center will also take place on the same days.
Azumino City Museum
(Under renovation / scheduled to reopen on August 30, 2025)
399-8205
5609-3 Toyoshina, Azumino, Nagano
Phone: 0263-73-5638
Fax: 0263-73-6320
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![[Image1]The old JNR Shinonoi Line track bed in fresh greeneryLush zelkova trees along the abandoned line and](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/127b7ce382f9f2925fb530254b25bf2343d31489.jpg)
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The old JNR Shinonoi Line track bed in fresh greenery
Lush zelkova trees along the abandoned line and a brick tunnel dating from the Meiji era
This is an excellent route for hiking
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A water‑welcoming ritual took place on the Saigawa River flowing through Azumino.
At the confluence of the Saigawa, Takasegawa, and Hotakagawa rivers, a Shinto ceremony was held to pray for a bountiful harvest for the year, the prevention of water disasters, and the development of tourism.
We give thanks for the blessings of water that flow down from the Northern Alps.
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![[Image1]Mount Jōnen as seen from Azumino under a stretch of clear weatherIf you look closely, you can spot t](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/df49e86be9fb4cb10a3b91ef5f8fdfb901ce5130.jpg)
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Mount Jōnen as seen from Azumino under a stretch of clear weather
If you look closely, you can spot the snow pattern called “Jōnenbō” on the mountain’s slope
Can you make out the figure of a monk wearing a kasaya robe and carrying a sake flask?
People long ago used this snow pattern as a seasonal cue for tasks such as sowing seeds and planting rice seedlings, weaving it into their daily lives
Azumino is now just entering the rice-planting season
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