Only about two hours from Tokyo is a pretty little tourist town named Nagatoro. While there are many things to do in Nagatoro including exploring Iwadatami, shooting rapids on the Arakawa River, visiting Hodosan Shrine and taking the cable car to the top of Mount Hodo, just wandering around the old-fashioned streets makes for a very pleasant past-time.
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Exploring Nagatoro
Prepare to be charmed by this small tourist town
By Cathy Cawood
Community writer
So cute!
Nagatoro Station
I love small town stations
Udon restaurant
Inside udon restaurant
Ripening chestnuts
Some very fine red pines grew along the street to Hodo
Manhole cover showing a boat riding the rapids of the Arakawa River
Surprisingly cute statues in this shrine
Inviting, woodsy style
An amazing toy museum
Cobbled street near Iwadatami
Nagatoro is famous for shaved ice sweets made with natural ice
One of many swallow nests under the eaves
Looking into a restaurant courtyard
Early sunlight on a stone wall
Decorations for Tanabata outside the cable car station
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Filling the belly in Nagatoro
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Shooting the Arakawa Rapids
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