Welcome to Yabuhara.
Walking around Yabuhara Post Town - Yabuhara, Kiso District, Nagano, Japan.
Metal sculpture just outside train station.
Colorful painted fence.
Down a side alley...
Colorful store front.
"Comb Town", Yabuhara's nickname.
Yabuhara is known for making wooden "Oroku-kushi combs" from locally sourced trees, especially Green Alder. Walking around Yabuhara Post Town - Yabuhara, Kiso District, Nagano, Japan.
The story of the "Oroku-kushi" comb.
A cleansing fountain.
Yep...vending machines.
No idea...
Fujicolor store; too bad it wasn't open.
Love the green awnings.
Fence detail.
Heading to the pass, go this way.
View from green bridge.
Small yard with large garden.
Entrance to the Yabuhara-Jinja Shrine.
Walking the grounds at the Yubuhara-Jinja Shrine in Yabuhara Post Town - Yabuhara, Kiso District, Nagano, Japan.
Entrance marker.
Torii gate.
Yabuhara-Jinja Shrine dates back to the 600's.
Originally named Kumano-daijingu until it was renamed Yabuhara Jinja in 1871. Walking around Yabuhara Post Town - Yabuhara, Kiso District, Nagano, Japan.
Cleansing fountain.
Wonderful stone steps to the shrine.
Torii gates lead you up to shrines .
Pull the rope, ring the bell, release the demons.
Entrance to the Gokuraku-ji Temple.
Walking the grounds at the Gokuraku-ji Temple in Yabuhara Post Town - Yabuhara, Kiso District, Nagano, Japan.
Roof tile detail.
Temple Marker.
View back to center of town.
Main building, Gokuraku-ji Temple.
There are many small shrines. This is honoring a child gone too soon.
In remembrance of a child.
The bell at Gokuraku-ji Temple.
Bell detail.
Close quarters.
Wonderfully sculpted...tree.
We thought we heard buzzing...
Going back to the main road.
