Matsumoto and Kofu

On Sunday, we boarded an express train to Matsumoto, which is a city about 3 1/2 hours northwest of Tokyo, in mountainous region sometimes called the Japanese Alps.

Once we arrived, we caught a bus to the Crow's Castle. We visited the City Museum, which wasn't real impressive,then walked through the Castle.

The castle was kind of interesting, but it was pretty crowded and had a fairly long wait to go inside.  Still, there were some nice views of the City and the surrounding mountains.  

On the way back to Tokyo, we stopped in Kofu, where we had dinner with a High School classmate of Susan's, who now runs an English school in Japan.