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This Small Nagano Town Repelled Warlords, Then Inspired an Anime Classic

Imagine stepping off the bullet train into a city where 16th-century samurai fortresses, world-famous anime landscapes and 1,000-year-old hot springs are neatly gathered in one place. In central Nagano Prefecture, Ueda is one of central Japan’s most layered destinations. Long celebrated locally as the home domain of the legendary Sanada samurai clan and the eastern […] The post This Small Nagano…

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