Karuizawa, Nagano

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Karuizawa (軽井沢町code: ja is deprecated , Karuizawa-machi) is a Japanese town in the Kitasaku District of Nagano Prefecture.

History

Karuizawa is on the southern slope of Mount Asama.

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Karuisawa on the Kisokaido, ukiyo-e prints by Hiroshige

In the Edo period, it was a waystation on the Kisokaido road.

In the early Meiji period, the area was developed as a health resort.

It is a popular tourist spot for people from Tokyo who travel to Karuizawa to get away from the summer heat.

Karuizawa, Nagano Media

• Mt.Asama seen from Karuizawa

• From Hiroshige's series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (1834–1842), view 19 and station 18 at Karuisawa

• 明治時代の日本で活躍した聖公会の宣教師。

• Karuizawa Union Church, before 1945

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  Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza (Main Street), 1930s

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  Karuizawa Foreigner's Cemetery

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  Alphanumeral road sign for Joshin-Etsu Expressway

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  軽井沢ショー記念礼拝堂とＡ．Ｃ．ショーの胸像

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  Old Karuizawa Ginza in Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan

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  Kumoba-ike in Karuizawa, Nagano prefecture, Japan.