🌰 Obuse Town: Where Art & Chestnuts Collide! 🎨🍮
📍 Nagano Prefecture, Japan 🏛️ Art Pilgrimage (3-Museum Combo Ticket) 1️⃣ Hokusai Museum: Late-life works of the Great Wave master 🌊 Cute (souvenirs!) – snagged a mini-woodblock print! 2️⃣ Takai Kozan Memorial Hall: Home-turned-gallery of a China-obsessed artist 🖌️🇨🇳 80+ y.o. English-fluent staff grandpa (Shanghai traveler!) warmed our hearts 💖 3️⃣ Chihiro Art Museum: Petite but mighty – gold-leaf screens that glow! ✨ 🍽️ Foodie Adventures 🌰 Obusedo Café: Chestnut brownie + local coffee in a Zen garden setting ☕🏯 Bought beans for home – smells like autumn! 🍂 🍚 Kurabu Restaurant: Yamaimo rice (so fresh!) + chicken sashimi (dad-approved 🐔😅) Open kitchen = theater-like dining 🎭 #HiddenJapan #ArtAndChestnuts #NaganoGems