A morning in Nagano, Japan

[dgpno2]

We had almost the full range of late autumn weather - wind, rain, fog, mist, sunshine and snow but no thunder and lightning - while spending 3 days looking at just a little of what Nagano has to offer (quite a lot).

These were among many shot on Friday morning, 27th Nov.

1) The Kiso Valley
2) Matsumotojo (castle)

[Fons Baerken]

we will enjoy more images

[Akira]

Dave, glad you have enjoyed every bit of your time in Japan.  Love the bridge shot.  Yes, you experienced so many different phases of the Japanese weather and climate!

[Mikes]

Both excellent images. I especially like the bridge shot - very evocative of the mountain regions of Honshu.

[Mikes]

I hope that you got to visit the bookshop on the street to Matsumoto Castle - very quirky. And difficult to enter, as you can see.

Hope you don't mind me adding this image to your post.

[dgpno2]

Thanks for all the kind comments.

Mike - that's a really lovely shot - somehow I missed the bookshop - dang - and I don't mind a bit if photos get added to my thread. Especially if they are of this quality.

[Mikes]

Thanks for all the kind comments.

Mike - that's a really lovely shot - somehow I missed the bookshop - dang - and I don't mind a bit if photos get added to my thread.

Thanks, Dave. The penny has just dropped - isn't the bridge in your first image at Narai? Narai is an interesting place for photography.

[dgpno2]

Thanks, Dave. The penny has just dropped - isn't the bridge in your first image at Narai? Narai is an interesting place for photography.

Go to the top of the class - Narai it is (was) and I have quite a number of raw files awaiting development, all with heavy snow falling. I'm not sure I totally approve of preserved (reconstructed) villages and in summer it must be hellishly packed with tourists, but in these conditions it worked reasonably well.