Matsumoto City Museum

The museum was founded in 1906 at the Matsumoto High School for the Performing Arts, which was then called the Matsumoto Municipal Museum. The museum's predecessor, the Matsumoto Municipal Museum, dates back to 1906, when it opened at the Matsumoto Elementary School, which was then called the Matsumoto War Memorial Hall. The museum was later renamed the Matsumoto City Museum. The museum was later renamed the Matsumoto Municipal Museum, and became the first museum in Nagano Prefecture. In 1952. In 1968, the museum was reopened as the "Japan Folklore Museum".
In 1968, the museum was reopened as the "Japan Folklore Museum". Since then, for 38 years until March 2005, it has been known as both the Japan Folklore Museum and the Matsumoto City Museum. and Matsumoto City Museum. The museum is now the core of the Matsumoto Marugoto Museum.

address：3-2-21 Oote, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
tel：0263-32-0133
business hours：1F 9:00-21:00　2F・3F Exhibition Room 9:00-17:00
Regular holiday：1F 3rd Tuesday of the month　2F・3F Exhibition Room Every Tuesday
web：https://matsumoto-city-museum.jp/

Nawate Street

In the Edo period (1603-1867), it was a causeway between the Sohgori and the Onna-Toba Rivers. It is called "Nawate-dori," from the straight street that looks like a single rope stretched out. In the Meiji era (1868-1912), the Nanso dugout was buried in conjunction with the Emperor's tour, and "Yotsubashira Shrine" was built, after which it became a busy approach to the shrine. The street has been closed since the Taisho era (1912-1926), and is still open to pedestrians 365 days a year. There is a relaxed atmosphere where small children, pets, and people in wheelchairs can stroll in peace. In 1972, a frog god was enshrined on the street, and since 2001, the "Matsumoto Frog Festival" has been held, making the area famous as a frog town. Recently, the number of fashionable general stores has been increasing. Recently, the number of fashionable general stores has been increasing, and the area is now crowded with young tourists from Japan and abroad. The area is also famous as a frog town.

address：3-3-1 Ote, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
tel：None
business hours：Varies from store to store.
Regular holiday：Varies from store to store.
web：http://nawate.net/

Nakamachi Street

The shopping district still retains many "namako-faced storehouses" made of plaster to protect them from the great fires of the Edo and Meiji periods. Modern buildings also have namako-walls, or similar walls, to unify the landscape. The shopping street is a sightseeing shopping street that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, including Matsumoto folk craft furniture stores, folk art stores, Japanese, soba, Italian, and other restaurants, grocery stores, and so on. Matsumoto is also known as a town of underground water, and there are wells in several places in the shopping street, especially the pump wells are nostalgic.

address：2 Chuo, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture
tel：0263-36-1421
business hours：Varies from store to store.
Regular holiday：Varies from store to store.
web：https://nakamachi.org