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Top 10 sights in Matsumoto

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   Matsumoto Castle

   Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), originally known as Fukashi Castle, is one of Japan's premier historic castles, along with Himeji and Kumamoto.

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   Former Kaichi School

   The Kaichi School (旧開智学校, kyūkaichi-gakkō) in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture was one of the first schools in Japan.

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   Japan Ukiyo-e Museum

   The Japan Ukiyo-e Museum (日本浮世絵博物館, Nihon Ukiyo-e Hakubutsukan)(JUM) is a privately owned Japanese art museum in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.

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   Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum

   An open-air sculpture museum on the Utsukushigahara plateau at 2,000 metres in Nagano prefecture, Japan. Opened in 1981, it sets some 350 modern sculptures from Japan and abroad across four hectares, with views of the Japanese Alps and Mount Fuji.

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   Jōkyō Gimin Memorial Museum

   The Jōkyō Gimin Memorial Museum (貞享義民記念館, Jōkyō Gimin Kinen-kan) is a museum dedicated to the Jōkyō Uprising that occurred in the Azumidaira area of Shinano Province of Japan in 1686 (the third year of the Jōkyō era during the Edo period).

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   Matsumoto City Museum of Archaeology

   Matsumoto City Museum of Archaeology (松本市立考古博物館, Matsumoto Shiritsu Kōko Hakubutsukan) opened in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan in 1986, superseding and replacing Nakayama Kōkokan, which opened in Nakayama Elementary School in 1931.

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   Hotaka Shrine

   A Shinto shrine in Hotaka, Azumino, Nagano prefecture, Japan. It was the third shrine of Shinano province and a former national shrine, and is now a specially listed shrine of the Association of Shinto Shrines.

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   Hiraide ruins

   The Hiraide ruins (平出遺跡, Hiraide iseki) is a complex archaeological site containing the ruins of an early Jōmon period to early Heian period settlement located in the Soga neighborhood of the city of Shiojiri, Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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   Kōbōyama Kofun

   The Kōbōyama Kofun (弘法山古墳) is a large kofun burial mound located in the Nakayama neighborhood of the city of Matsumoto, Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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    Hayashi Castle

    The Ogasawara clan castle sites (小笠原氏城跡, Ogasawara-shi jō-seki) were a number Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castles located in what is now part of the city of Matsumoto, Nagano prefecture.

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