Okaya

Worth seeing in and around Okaya

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Lake Suwa

   Lake Suwa is a lake in the Kiso Mountains, in the central region of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

   3.6 km · lake in Nagano prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Suwa taisha

   Suwa Grand Shrine, historically also known as Suwa Shrine or Suwa Daimyōjin, is a group of Shinto shrines in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The shrine complex is the ichinomiya of former Shinano Province and is considered to be one of the oldest shrines in existence, being implied by the Nihon Shoki to already stand in the late 7th century.

   4.7 km · Shinto shrine in Nagano Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Onbashira

   The Mihashira or Onbashira are four wooden posts or pillars that stand on the four corners of local shrines in the Lake Suwa area of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The largest and most famous set of onbashira are those that stand on the four shrines that make up the Suwa Grand Shrine complex.

   4.7 km · festival held every six years in the Lake Suwa area of Nagano, Japan · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Nashikubo Site

   The Nashikubo ruins is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a Jōmon period settlement located in the Osachinashikubo neighborhood of the city of Okaya, Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1984.

   3.8 km · archaeological site in Okaya, Nagano, Japan · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Enrei Ōjō Prefectural Natural Park

   Enrei Ōjō Prefectural Natural Park is a Prefectural Natural Park in central Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1964, the park spans the borders of the municipalities of Okaya, Shiojiri, and Tatsuno.

   3.9 km · natural park of Nagano prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Tenryū Koshibu Suikei Prefectural Natural Park

   Tenryū Koshibu Suikei Prefectural Natural Park is a Prefectural Natural Park in southern Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1970, the park's central feature is the Tenryū River.

   1.3 km · natural park of Nagano prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Okaya

Airports

Mount Fuji Shizuoka (FSZ), 141 km · Komatsu / JASDF Komatsu Air Base (KMQ), 152 km · Tokyo Haneda (HND), 167 km

Stations

Okaya Station, 0 m · Kawagishi Station, 3.3 km · Shimo-Suwa Station, 4 km

• Makinohara / Shimada → Okaya

  139 km · quickest by road, 3h 31m · ¥2,130–2,910
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• Kanazawa → Okaya

  142 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · ¥2,320–3,170
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• Tokyo → Okaya

  154 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · ¥2,090–2,850
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