Shinshu Trip: Tenryu valley, Red Buckwheat

I would like to inform beautiful valley and wonderful red buckwheat flowers.

Start point is JR Iida station.
Iida station house is designed to be a Apple.
Iida town is spread to East direction from JR station.
About 5 minutes walking, you arrive at Apple tree-lined street.

Big apple trees are planted, 50% trees have a lot of apples from end of September.

More 15minutes walking, you arrive at Iida Museum.
This museum is built at Iida castle.

This museum has a lots of arts and two Dinosaur model.


Next is the house of Yanagita Kunio.
This house has a lot of books, you can read them at 1st floor library.
From south terrase, beautiful Ina valley is seen.
This house Description staff explain me a detail history of this house.

About 300m distance from this house, you arrive at hot spring : Castle in the Sky.
From this spa,you can see a wonderful town view from big bath.

I stay overnight at the hotel in Iida.
Tomorrow morning, I go to Tenryu valley by JR train.

25minutes riding, you arrive at Tenryu valley station.
Tenryu valley is famouse for Tenryu river Line down.

When you would like to ride a ship, please confirm time schedule.
Tenryu valley park is also good.

About One hour walking, you can walk around Tenryu valley park.
Tenryu valley walking Cource has an apple field, Suspension bridge, Observatory.

Suspension bridge is easy to shake, but the view is wonderful.
Green water and big rocks are combined to be a beautiful view.

Next is Red Buckwheat flowers field.
This flower festival is opened from September 21 to October 14.

Red buckwheat flowers are red and purple color.

Now they are in full bloom.
Red buckwheat flowers make a fruit only 30% compared to normal white buckwheat one.
Red buckwheat taste is strong compared to normal white buckwheat.
Nowadays lots of travelers are gathering this field to see red buckwheat flowers.
You will be impressed to see red buckwheat.

Arround red buckwheat fields, lots of apple fields are existing.

I buy red apple, it is delicious.
This red buckwheat fields are along JR Iida line.
Please take a picture this fields with JR train.

It's a splendid picture for you.

That's it.