tompt Says: At this temple are many stone statues. The temples signature is the buddha statue in front. The one with the ring around its head. But we liked other statues better.
Minshuku Yamabukiso: Think, before stating you eat everything !
tompt Says: As our landlady already asked her husband two times if we ate things like sashimi (raw fish). We stated: ' we eat everything you serve'.Wow, were we wrong to do so ?!She served us a table full of little plates filled with local dishes. There was raw horsemeat... raw squid...
tompt Says: As the Sakura season is only one or two weeks everybody visits in the same period. The cars are travelling in rows. When we arrived with the bus from Ina it took us half an hour to go 500 meters forwards.So think twice before going by car in the season.........
tompt Says: All people in Takato live for or by the sakura. This little group is not enjoying the sun as it seems. But they are watching a few parked cars on their land. Many people open their land or fields for parking during the sakura season. This way they earn a few yen. Most...
tompt Says: At the east side of Takato are some small but beautifull temples placed on the hillside.We do not read japanese so the name of the temples is unknown to us.
tompt Says: In the park higher up one can play a game that looks like golf. It has holes and there are signs with hole 11- par 3 for instance. But the balls are enormous and the clubs are big like playing croquet.Our japanese friend Tomoko Yanagida told us it is called Maretto golf, a...
tompt Says: Takato is just a small village in the mountains. There are still many houses build in the oldfashioned way, with clay.Straw mats are covered with clay and wooden beams hold everything together.
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Takato is on the shores of a big lake. It is an artificial lake formed by a dam. But never the less it is nice to see.
Q: I am interested in a twelve string accoustic guitar, brand name Egima, made in Takato, but can currently find no information about...

A: I think it is Mr. Uchida’s workshop. http://www10.plala.or.jp/harp-g/UchidaGuitar.htm UCHIDA Mitsuhiro 4947-27 Fujisawa, Takato-cho, Ina-shi, Nagano-ken 396-0301,...
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Takato is SAKURA and if you really want to see the cherry blossom at its best you have to visit Takato at the end of april. In the park are 1500 ! trees all in full bloom at the same time. It is a......
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