上田城 (Ueda Castle)

The Ueda-jo in Ueda, Nagano was the original home of the Sanada Clan, built by Sanada Masayuki. The Sanada clan defended it twice from the Tokugawa, first in 1583 and again in 1600, putting up a very impressive defense both of those times. During the Battle at Kami River, Ieyasu Tokugawa charged into the castle and when it was successfully defended once again, the former faced off against Masayuki and his son, Yukimura Sanada, during the Battle of Sekigahara.

美ヶ原高原美術館 (Utsukushigahara Open-Air Museum)

The Utsukushigahara Open-Air Museum in Ueda, Nagano is a museum displaying sculptures on the Utsukushigahara Plateau. It opened in June 1981.

安楽寺 (Anraku-ji)

The Anraku-ji in Ueda, Nagano is a Buddhist temple under the Soto sect located in Bessho Onsen. It is the oldest Zen temple in the prefecture. The main hall has a thatched roof and enshrines an image of Sakyamuni flanked by Manjusri and Samatabhadra as the principal object of worship. The temple is best known for having the only extant octagonal pagoda in Japan.