Chilling in Nagano

I decided to go to Nagano to chill for this weekend. People and the atmosphere of Ueda city are laid back. I love it. When I come to this city, I always stop by this fried noodle shop called "Fukusho-tei". They got the best J-style fried noodles that you can't get in Tokyo. After some noodles, my girl friend and I decided to take a walk to Ueda castle. I met this old dude that was pounding in some tools into a dirt. We asked what he was doing. Apparently, he was checking out the stiffness of the ground near the trees. When people step the dirt around the tree, it makes the ground stiff which ends up damaging the tree. Looks like this dude is a professor from some univercity, but I didn't ask him which...[..continue]

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