Matsumoto 松本 Photo Gallery by Matthew Haswell at pbase.com

Matsumoto 松本

A historic castle town in central Nagano prefecture, famous for its original, feudal-era fortress (listed as a National Treasure), as well as its strange local delicacies - e.g. horsemeat, bee larvae and crickets!

Pictures from two separate visits in May 2004 and July 2008.

Matsumoto-jō 松本城	Traditional shops along the Metoba-gawa	Nakamachi district	Koi-no-bori over the Metoba-gawa
View from Matsumoto-jō	Kaichi Gakkō	Panorama of Matsumoto-jō and moat	Entering the castle park
Kuro-mon	Reconstructed Taiko-mon	Tree framing the black keep	Approach to the Taiko-mon
Kuro-mon with donjon beyond	Tenshu-kaku with adjacent red bridge	Looking out to the red bridge	Donjon from the Hon-maru
View northwards to the Kaichi Gakkō	Path to the donjon through the Hon-maru	View over the Hon-maru with foundation markers	Feeding swans near the bridge
Smaller Inui-kotenshu turret	Red bridge with donjon and Inui-kotenshu	Tempura lunch set

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