{"id":4279,"date":"2017-04-16T18:15:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T10:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=4279"},"modified":"2017-05-30T15:58:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T07:58:27","slug":"glass-museum-and-strawberry-farm-in-suwa-nagano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2017\/04\/16\/glass-museum-and-strawberry-farm-in-suwa-nagano\/","title":{"rendered":"Glass Museum and Strawberry Farm in Suwa, Nagano, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Garasunosato Museum<\/strong> is a glass museum that displays glass pieces by famous glasswork artists of Suwa. The museum showcases 20,000 pieces of glass products. Some of the pieces here change with the seasons but there are permanent displays as well. Guests can experience making glass candles, seals, beads and paperweights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"564\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4292\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/01.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/01.jpg 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/01-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/01-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Entrance of\u00a0Garasunosato Museum<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4287\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/3-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/3-3.jpg 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/3-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/3-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>The most expensive art piece in the museum because it&#8217;s made of glass and gold. This \u00a0is worth 200 million yen<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"558\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4288\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/4-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/4-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/4-1-768x504.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Top view: largest crystal ball with its beautiful hue reflection<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"564\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4282\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/5-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/5-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/5-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>The glass shop. They have about 20,000 pieces of glass products.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A few minutes away from the glass museum is the <strong>Strawberry Farm<\/strong> where you can have the sweetest strawberries. The farm offers a 30-minute strawberry picking experience in which visitors may pick and eat as many strawberries as they like.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"562\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4283\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/6-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/6-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/6-1-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Rows, rows of strawberries<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4284\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"568\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4295\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/8.jpg 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/8-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Pick all you can for 30 minutes.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Suwa Tourist Information<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/suwakanko.jp\/en\/\">suwakanko.jp\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUWA Garasu-no-sato Museum (Glass Museum)<br \/>\n<\/strong>2400-7 Toyoda, Suwa City, Nagano<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shimosuwa Travel Guide<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shimosuwaonsen.jp\/travel\/\">shimosuwaonsen.jp\/travel\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>*This story first appeared in Philippine Primer magazine April 2017 issue.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garasunosato Museum is a glass museum that displays glass pieces by famous glasswork artists of Suwa. The museum showcases 20,000 pieces of glass products. Some of the pieces here change with the seasons but there are permanent displays as well. Guests can experience making glass candles, seals, beads and paperweights. Entrance of\u00a0Garasunosato Museum The most expensive art piece in the museum because it&#8217;s made of glass and gold. This \u00a0is worth 200 million yen Top view: largest crystal ball with its beautiful hue reflection The glass shop. They have about 20,000 pieces of glass products.\u00a0 A few minutes away from the glass museum is the Strawberry Farm where you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[562,565,283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-japan-international","category-nagano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4279"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4967,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279\/revisions\/4967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}