Ueda Station - Ueda

It's a Shinkansen stop, but it's not a lively station. There are souvenir shops, convenience stores, and Tully's. If you want to go around the history of Sanada, start from Ueda Station!

Shinkansen, Shinano Railway, Ueda Kotsu 3 companies' stations Ueda Castle, which is related to Sanada, to Bessho Onsen by Ueda Kotsu Many cities to see Shinano Railway is popular with new cars and old JNR 115 series recently. This time I came to see the bridge of Ueda Kotsu's Chikuma River, which was restored by the heavy rain of the Chikuma River.

There is an equestrian statue of Yukimura Sanada and a big windmill in front of the station (* ^^ *) The station is also designed with the image of Sanada Yukimura (^-^) / (2021/8)

I used it for the purpose of visiting "Bessho Onsen Station" by visiting Kitamuki Kannon. It was convenient to be able to use it from Ueda Station on the Shinano Railway to the premises. I came up with the illustration drawn on the window glass of a coffee shop near the entrance of Ueda Dentetsu (unknown because it was before the opening when using it), but Ueda City was the stage of the movie Summer Wars. Bessho-Onsen Station was also decorated with a message of joy because the bridge that was partially dropped by the typhoon in 2019 was reconstructed in early 2021. It was good. You can enjoy a leisurely trip on a one-man train. I'm not familiar with history, but it was a samurai-like atmosphere.

This is the gateway to Ueda City, where the lines of JR East's Hokuriku Shinkansen, Shinano Railway, and Ueda Electric Railway are used. From Tokyo, the Shinkansen runs one or two lines an hour in about an hour and a half, and the Shinano Railway runs an average of two to three lines an hour, so I think that access is relatively good for a local city. The Bessho Line of Ueda Electric Railway was closed due to the collapse of the bridge due to typhoon No. 19 in the fall of 2019, and we are currently using alternative transportation by bus, but it finally opened in March 2021. In front of the station, there is a castle entrance on the north side and a hot spring entrance on the south side, but the main areas such as downtown areas and facilities are on the north side, and the south side is about a hotel, so there is nothing special to mention. There are soba shops and souvenirs in the station yard, and there is also Seven Eleven near the Shinano Railway ticket gate. Also, although you can go outside, there are Tally's coffee and ramen shops, Karaage Center, Lawson, chain shops and long-established taverns, etc., and the train runs until around 12:00 pm, so it is especially busy on weekends. I am. The shopping facilities are close to Ario and Aeon, but they are a little inconvenient because they are slightly far away. There are two points that I personally care about. First of all, since the VIEW terminal is not installed, if you want to do VIEW related procedures (points etc.), you have to go to Nagano station if it is nearby, And although there is a public toilet on the premises of the station, the toilet outside the ticket gate is relatively clean, but there are many times when the toilet is not so good, probably because of drunkenness or other circumstances. There is, so it may be better to be careful when using it. I don't know.