Behemothic hotel, abandoned like a beached whale
March 6, 2009 · Haikyo, Hotels / Resorts, Nagano · 16 Comments 

The Shin Shu Kanko Hotel in Nagano is a leviathan beast, 3 whale-sized buildings interlinked by encircling roads, interior corridors, underground passages and a long bridging escalator. The largest of the 3 is seven stories high with easily 100 rooms…

What remains of Matsumoto Castle

Matsumoto Castle in Nagano is one of the few remaining original castles in Japan. A fort was first built at the site in 1504, then in 1550 the Takeda clan under big boss Tokugawa Ieyasu built it up further, with…

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