Matsumoto

Matsumoto — home to Japan's most dramatic black castle — sits in a mountain basin surrounded by the Northern Japanese Alps, offering direct access to the Kamikochi alpine valley and the Norikura high plateau. The castle keep, mirrored in its surrounding moat, is considered one of the most beautiful original fortifications in all of Japan.

FFGR Japan provides private transfers from Nagano or day circuits from Tokyo combining Matsumoto Castle, the Nawate frog street and a kaiseki lunch overlooking the Alps.