17 Sights in Nagano, Japan (with Map and Images)

Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum opened as Shinano Art Museum in Jōyama Park , Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan in 1966, becoming a prefectural museum three years later. It is dedicated to the artists of, and works relating to, Shinshū, including paintings by Hishida Shunsō, Nakamura Fusetsu, and Fujishima Takeji. On 26 April 1990, the Higashiyama Kaii Gallery (東山魁夷館) opened as an annex; currently, there are more than 970 works by the artist. After fifty years, in 2017, the complex closed for renewal, the Higashiyama Kaii Gallery reopening in 2019, the Art Museum scheduled to reopen in April 2021.

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The Kitano Museum of Art , which opened in 1968 as the first private art museum in Nagano Prefecture, is today run by a public interest incorporated foundation, in the Wakaho district, in the southeastern section of Nagano in Nagano Prefecture. The museum is located next to the Yushimatenmangu Shrine, a branch of Yushima Tenman-gū which was founded in 458 in Bunkyō in Tokyo. The entrance to the museum is through the Yushimatenmangu Shrine. The museum includes a Japanese garden by Mirei Shigemori, a notable 20th century modern landscape architect, that was completed in 1965.

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Ojoinin is a Buddhist temple of the Pure Land sect located in Tsuruga Gondo-cho, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Lotus Pond. The main statue is a statue of Enko Daishi (Dharma). It is one of the seven temples (seven temples) of the seven famous places of Zenkoji. In addition, there is Benzaiten of the Seven Lucky Gods of Zenkoji.

Wikipedia: 往生院 (長野市) (JA)

Nagano City Museum is a museum in Nagano City, located in Koshimada-cho, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is a comprehensive museum based on the Museum Act, and aims to investigate the relationship between nature and people in the Nagano Basin and other regions, and to make it a base for cultural creation in a new era.

Wikipedia: 長野市立博物館 (JA)

Saihoji Temple is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Anyangsan, and the name of the temple is Gokurakuin. The honzon is the four-footed Amitabha, and the side samurai is the kneeling Kannon. There is one of the seven ponds of Zenkoji, Mukata Pond.

Wikipedia: 西方寺 (長野市) (JA)

The Arishima Ikuma Memorial Museum is a museum located in Kamijo, Shinshu Shinmachi, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Ikuma Arishima's Kamakura house (commonly known as "Matsu no Yashiki") was relocated to Shinshu Shinmachi Kamijo, Nagano City, and opened as a memorial hall in October 1982.

Wikipedia: 有島生馬記念館 (JA)

Shinshu Shinmachi Museum is a public art museum located in Shinshu Shinmachi, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, and is regarded as a branch building of Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. In this article, muse stores, which were also a branch building of Nagano City Museum, are also described.

Wikipedia: 信州新町美術館 (JA)

Mujoin is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Amori Koichi, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Bodhi, and the name of the temple is Nansenji. The twelfth shrine of the Shinano 33 Kannon Shrine. It may be listed as one of the seven temples of Zenkoji.

Wikipedia: 無常院 (長野市) (JA)

Shogakuin is a temple of the Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism located in Amori, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Keishizan, and the name of the temple is Gekrinji. It may be listed as one of the seven temples of Zenkoji. The honzon is Dainichi Nyorai.

Wikipedia: 正覚院 (長野市) (JA)

Saikoji Temple is a Buddhist temple of the Jodo sect located in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Karizani. The name of the temple is Saishoin. The honzon is the Kari-Kaya Oyako-Jizoson. It is known as the Temple of Picture Interpretation.

Wikipedia: 西光寺 (長野市) (JA)

Miwa-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Miwa, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. It is a Shikinai-sha (shrine listed in Engishiki laws) and was ranked as a prefectural shrine under the old shrine classification system. It is one of the seven shrines of Zenko-ji Temple.

Wikipedia: 美和神社 (長野市) (JA)

Kirihara Maki Shrine is a shrine located in Kirihara 1-chome, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. This area is said to have been the site of "Kirihara Maki" during the Heian period, and the shrine has a tradition of dedicating straw pieces.

Wikipedia: 桐原牧神社 (JA)

Ojoji Temple is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Anraku, and the name of the temple is Bodhi-in. It is the inner temple of Zenkoji Temple. The honzon is Amitabha.

Wikipedia: 往生寺 (長野市) (JA)

Suzakura-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Izumpei, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. The cherry tree in the precinct is designated as a national natural monument as 'kamishidai sakura (the age of gods) of Suzakura-jinja Shrine.'

Wikipedia: 素桜神社 (JA)

Hasedera Temple is a temple of the Shingon sect of the Chizan sect located in Shinonoi Shiozaki, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Kinpu. It is commonly known as Shinano Hase-dera.

Wikipedia: 長谷寺 (長野市) (JA)

Myōgyōji Temple is a temple of the Shin Buddhist Otani sect located in Gondo-cho, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Kansheng. It may be listed as one of the seven temples of Zenkoji.

Wikipedia: 明行寺 (長野市) (JA)

Kitano Bungeiza is a performing arts venue located in Nishigo-cho, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It was built by Yoshito Kitano, the founder of Kitano Corporation, as a cultural contribution facility.

Wikipedia: 北野文芸座 (JA)