Agematsu

Built around a post station on the Nakasendō, Agematsu grew into a small town beside the Kiso River in Nagano Prefecture’s Kiso Valley. The old highway, which linked Edo with Kyoto, still gives the settlement a place in the story of Japan’s early-modern travel routes. Downriver, Nezame-no-Toko cuts through the valley in broad granite formations shaped by the Kiso’s current. Agematsu is also associated with the Akasawa Natural Recreational Forest, where stands of prized Kiso hinoki cypress recall the region’s long forestry tradition. Explore nearby webcam locations that provide complementary perspectives on the Kiso Valley and Nagano Prefecture.

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