Gianfranco M. Private Photography Workshop, March 1 - 3, 2019 Mapping 

☞We collected you at 17:00 The Prince Park Towers Tokyo coordinates  35.655492, 139.746910

☞ Dangozaka Service Area Parking rest & Shopping Wallet and other Gifts coordinates 35.633274, 139.064838

☞Suwako Service Area Parking rest & Shopping coordinates 36.026071, 138.076627

☞Matsumoto Castle Lights went out at 22:00, but we stayed till about 23:00 coordinates 36.238730, 137.969524

☞Matsumoto Hotel Kagetsu, went to sleep about 01:00 and woke well before sunrise to photograph Matsumoto Castle. The local cats outside sure were wild all night long coordinates 36.239007, 137.969642

☞Fujimori Sama's Soba Shop coordinates 36°07'03.5"N 137°53'09.7"E

☞Suwa Grand Shrine Upper Main Shrine Jade Pendant 35.998398, 138.120065
Suwa Taisha Shimosa Akimiya Lower Section coordinates 36.075373, 138.091495

☞Hotel Sinister, Manami believes the mountain goddess was intrigued by us because as Manami put it (we are both intelligent and unusual visitors for the mountain women god, and she might have wanted to keep us) spooky:):):)… ホテル 野辺山 coordinates 35.933297, 138.493900

☞Philosophers Tree coordinates N35° 58.133' E138° 29.607’

☞Futaba Service Area Parking & a little more shopping:):):) coordinates N35° 40.821' E138° 30.602’

☞Bamboo Forest coordinates 35.591991, 139.293180

☞Cherry Blossoms  35.574409, 139.311296  

☞Cherry Blossom Tea & Green Tea 35.598638, 139.308799

☞Minamiosawa Station 13;00 where, we said our goodbyes until next time and you jumped on the Limousine Bus to Narita Airport coordinates 35.613512, 139.380793

☞Narita Airport 35.772974, 140.393967

Gianfranco M. Private Photography Workshop, March 1 - 3, 2019.  

Day 1, March 1 Friday: Pick up 16:00, THE PRINCE PARK TOWER TOKYO Address: 4-8-1 SHIBAKOEN MINATO, TOKYO, 105-8563, JP,
Phone: 81-3-54001111 drive to Matsumoto Castle to photograph the Castle it will be illuminated until 22:00. Dinner we will get before or after Matsumoto Castle depending on time.
Check into our lodgings Matsumoto Hotel Kagetsu  

Day 2, March 2, Statuary: Matsumoto Castle 06:00 sunrise 06:30, after sunrise return to our hotel for breakfast and check out. Possible photo opportunity at a friends traditional Japanese Soba Shop staff are dressed in Edo wear, and restaurant is about 100 years old, we will call them tomorrow or early next week to try and make a schedule. 
Drive to Suwako Taisha, Suwa Grand Shrine is a group of Shinto Shrines; the shrine complex is considered to be one of the oldest shrines in existence founded in the 7th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suwa-taisha
We will photograph until after sunset, making our way to our lodgings in Nobeyama Hotel Nobeyama 

Day 3, March 3, Sunday. Philosophers Tree at 06:00, sunrise about 06:30, photography in the area, return to lodging for breakfast. Check out of hotel and start our drive back to Tokyo by 08:30.
Drop off Hachioji Station and catch the Limousine Bus to Narita Airport at 12 O'clock Noon. If we must return to the Tokyo Hotel, departure time from Hotel in Nobiyama will be about the same time.

Departure Tokyo Hachioji Station 12:00 or THE PRINCE PARK TOWER TOKYO 12:00 - 13:00? 

Thank you, we look forward to our next adventure together.

Workshop includes all lodging, all meals, all group transportation during workshop date, all entrance fees.

Not Included: flight to and from Japan, alcohol beverages, travel insurance, health insurance, hotel amenities, items of a personal nature.

Contact number in Japan 090-6923-3427 outside of Japan call +(81) 90-6923-3427