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By Hedirman Supian, hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg
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PHOTO: Hit this cool spot, Nagano in summertime is picture-perfect gorgeous
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PHOTO: Flower of Japanese Alps
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PHOTO: Soaking your tender feet
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PHOTO: Medieval Matsumoto Castle
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PHOTO: http://www.intltravelnews.com/images/2008/02/big/japan1.jpg
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PHOTO: Zenkoji, a 1,400-year-old temple
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PHOTO: Fireworks over Suwa Lake.
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PHOTO: Shell House, Karuizawa – Kitasaku – Nagano, Japan
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Reference
- TODAY, Thursday MAY 27, 2010, TRAVEL, PAGE T37
- http://imcms2.mediacorp.sg/CMSFileserver/documents/006/PDF/20100527/2705TRP038.pdf
- http://www.geocities.jp/takakuri_1125_2/nagano-seinaiji-kurofunezakura-2.jpg
- http://media.nowpublic.net/images//0b/8/0b84b00e5d895576a7e6b3aecac37d89.jpg
- http://prospectivanoematica.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/02.jpg
- http://kevinjames.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/snow-monkeys_in-a-nagano-hotspring.jpg
- http://www.barrettwells.com/images/Matsumoto%20Castle%20Nagano.jpg
- http://www.intltravelnews.com/images/2008/02/big/japan1.jpg
- http://images.travelpod.com/users/beckandbill/2007ausjpnchnuk.1180275840.nagano_temple.jpg
- http://www.fashionz.co.nz/images/stories/pedicurekate.jpg
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fc/1998_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg/401px-1998_Winter_Olympics_logo.svg.png