Jinja and Shoga: Life in the Land of the Rising Sun

  On our last day in Nagano, we visited Matsumoto castle early in the morning. I was really glad that we'd purchased tickets from the front desk of our hotel the night before, since the line to buy them on site was outrageous! By the time we'd toured the interior of the castle and headed back, the line was over an hour and a half long. I have the feeling that we wouldn't have waited in such a long line just to tour the castle, but I'm glad that we were able to, since the inside was pretty impressive, too.

                            Views of Matsumoto Castle

                            The line from hell