4th of July weekend in Nagano prefecture
Summer is here and the butterflies are enjoying the flowers
The fish are swimming
And, my wife is on the go!
We visit a castile site in the town of Matsushiro. The mote and stone walls are there but the actual castle is gone.
Then we visited a wasabi farm (Japanese horse radish) in the Azumino area.
From above all you see is the sun shades
From below you see the wasabi plants that are grown in running water. The root of the plant is ground to make the wasabi paste.
The next day we went to Kurobe Dam
That picture was taken from an observation point much higher above
And here we are in the middle of the dam
Next we ascended via cable cars and ropeways to Mt. Tateyama so that we could enjoy the scenery of the Tatayama mountain range
We pause by a small pond for a rest
Then it's time to return to Kurobe dam
It was a great adventure and a great 4th of July weekend
The End
Mike