Narai-juku: Visit this postal town in Nagano and travel back in time to good old Japan

• A postal town on the Nakasendo highway built by the Edo Shogunate
• The edo atmosphere stretches for 1km along the street
• The old world scenery of timber framed houses, lacquer ware shops and drinking water running through the town is spectacular

  • Posted On:10/31/17
  • Writer:Qlip team
  • Translator:Lauren Barrett
Name Narai-juku
Adress 497-3 Narai, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture
TEL/FAX TEL:0264-34-3160
FAX:0264-24-0024
Shiojiri City Tourist Association and Narai-juku Tourist Information Office
Opening hour 09:00 – 17:00
(Narai-juku Tourist Information Office)
Budget(Price) None
Credit card Possibility depends on each store
Access By public transport:
3-minute walk from Narai Station on the JR Chuo Main Line.

By car:
From Tokyo: about 35 minutes on National Highway No. 19 from Shiojiri IC on the Chuo Expressway
From Nagoya area: about 40 minutes by National Highway 361 from Ina IC on the Chuo Expressway
Parking [Free car parking]
· Kiso No Ohashi eastern parking lot
(National Highway side):
3 large vehicle spaces, 12 normal spaces, 3 disabled spaces

· Kiso No Ohashi western parking lot
(railway side)
51 normal spaces, 1 disabled space

· Narai-juku Bridge parking lot
(north side of Kiso No Ohashi bridge)
15 large vehicle spaces, 2 medium spaces, 28 normal spaces, 2 disabled spaces
Smoking Public smoking areas (Narai station, in front of the public rest rooms)
Website http://www.naraijuku.com/
Facebook https://ja-jp.facebook.com/tokimeguri