Family-run Nagano inn that’s been in business for more than 50 years has a very modern, very cool amenity.
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Nagano village was once a major stop on the Kyoto-Edo route, and the neighborhood looks much the same centuries later.
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Even though it didn’t cause us to swap bodies, it was every bit as creamy and tasty as we imagined it to be.
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