Guidebook for 駒ヶ根市

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Guidebook for 駒ヶ根市

Arts & Culture

Interesting local museum with craft activities (suitable for adults and children) during the summer season. All-you-can-eat buffet restaurant upstairs from the museum.
Komagane Silk Museum
482 Higashiina
Interesting local museum with craft activities (suitable for adults and children) during the summer season. All-you-can-eat buffet restaurant upstairs from the museum.

Sightseeing

Komagane Ropeway is a gondola service running up to a hotel near the peak of Komagatake. Spectacular views, good hiking trails and even late season skiing. Runs every day of the year.
千畳敷
1 Akaho
Komagane Ropeway is a gondola service running up to a hotel near the peak of Komagatake. Spectacular views, good hiking trails and even late season skiing. Runs every day of the year.
Kozenji Temple - Spectacular temple in a beautiful location. A serene spot tucked in below the mountains, this temple has huge trees, streams (with carp), stone steps and statues, a pagoda and absolutely gorgeous cherry blossoms in April (NHK station a static camera here most years to broadcast the scene during their morning cherry-blossom round-up).
Kōzen-ji Temple
29 Akaho
Kozenji Temple - Spectacular temple in a beautiful location. A serene spot tucked in below the mountains, this temple has huge trees, streams (with carp), stone steps and statues, a pagoda and absolutely gorgeous cherry blossoms in April (NHK station a static camera here most years to broadcast the scene during their morning cherry-blossom round-up).

Getting Around

Komagane Station
1 Higashimachi
Nissan car rental close to Ina-kita station (five minutes walk). Bookable on line through the national Nissan Rent-A-Car site. Satellite office in Komagane city, 15-minute walk from Komagane station (must be pre-booked).
Nissan Rent-a-car
1836-5 Yamadera
Nissan car rental close to Ina-kita station (five minutes walk). Bookable on line through the national Nissan Rent-A-Car site. Satellite office in Komagane city, 15-minute walk from Komagane station (must be pre-booked).

Essentials

Open 24 hours. Wide selection of food, including pre-made lunchbox style meals. General groceries. Launderette and barber as separate units accessible from outside at the front of the store.
SEIYU
Open 24 hours. Wide selection of food, including pre-made lunchbox style meals. General groceries. Launderette and barber as separate units accessible from outside at the front of the store.

Shopping

Foodstuffs and electrical downstairs. Clothing upstairs. They also stock fresh, locally-grown fruit and vegetables.
Bell Shine
1568 Akaho
Foodstuffs and electrical downstairs. Clothing upstairs. They also stock fresh, locally-grown fruit and vegetables.