Category: Nakasendo

• Nakasendō – Walking Takenami to Mitake

  

  The original plan was to walk to Mitake with my daughter, but with the route covering more than 20 kilometres, as well as moderate spring summer heat meant I chose instead to walk solo and meet up with her and my wife at a friend’s house for a wonderful sansai (山菜) lunch.

  Sean

  May 13, 2022

  Gifu, Japan, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Walking

  Gifu, Japan, Nakasendō, Walking

• Minimalist Gear

  

  Everyone loves a good gear post and as I find myself waiting patiently for the Rapid Express to Takenami station (武並) I thought I’d break down what I’m carrying with me on my Nakasendō walk from Takenami to Mitake (御嵩町) today.

  Sean

  May 4, 2022

  Gear, Japan, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Walking

  Gear, Gifu, Japan, Mitake, Nakasendō, Takenami, Walking

• Nakasendō – Walking Nakatsugawa to Takenami

  

  With the Kiso-ji section of the Nakasendō coming to an end on my last walk I needed to decide on a plan to continue. Either turn around and start again heading northeast back along the Kiso-ji again (but why so soon?) or continue walking west along the Nakasendō.

  Sean

  December 24, 2021

  Gifu, Japan, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Walking

  Gifu, Japan, Nakasendō, Nakatsugawa, Takenami, Walking, 武並, 中山道, 中津川

• Nakasendō/Kiso-ji – Walking Nagiso to Nakatsugawa

  

  It took me a year, but the Kiso-ji section of the Nakasendō from Shiojiri to Nakatsugawa is now complete. Pre-baby-toddler daughter and I would have finished it much sooner, but I quite enjoyed stretching it out over a year – it meant I got to see the Kiso Valley in all seasons.

  Sean

  November 30, 2021

  Gifu, Japan, Kiso-ji, Nagano, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Walking

  Hiking, Japan, Kiso Valley, Kiso-ji, Nagano, Nagiso, Nakasendō, Nakatsugawa, Suhara, test, walk Japan, Walking

• Nakasendō/Kiso-ji – Walking Suhara to Nagiso

  

  Getting back on the Nakasendō felt good. A few months ago I ended a hot and humid day of walking at Suhara station in Nagano and promised myself I’d take a break from the walk as the heat and humidity of the Japanese summer set in.

  Sean

  October 19, 2021

  Kiso-ji, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Walking

  chestnut tiger butterfly, Hiking, Japan, Kiso Valley, Kiso-ji, Nagano, Nagiso, Nakasendō, Okuwa, Suhara, walk Japan, Walking

• Nakasendō/Kiso-ji – Walking Agematsu to Suhara

  

  This stretch was a mixed bag of wonderful Nakasendō/Kiso-ji (中山道・木曽路) backroads and the monstrous national R19, with truck after truck whizzing past.

  Sean

  June 2, 2021

  Japan, Kiso-ji, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Walking

  Agematsu, Japan, Kiso Valley, Kiso-ji, Nagano, Nakasendō, Nakasendō trail, Nakatsugawa, Suhara, walk Japan, Walking

• Nakasendō/Kiso-ji – Walking Niekawa to Yabuhara

  

  Another walk on the Nakasendō/Kiso-ji. Starting at Niekawa Station (where I finished last time) I passed through Kiso-Hirasawa (木曽平沢), Narai (奈良井), and then over the Torii Pass (鳥居峠) to Yabuhara (藪原).

  Sean

  March 8, 2021

  Japan, Kiso-ji, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Walking

  長野県, Hiking, Japan, Kiso Valley, Kiso-ji, Nagano, Nakasendō, Narai, outsideisfree, Walking, 奈良井宿, 木曽路, 中山道

• Nakasendō – Magome and Tsumago

  

  Magome (馬籠) and Tsumago (妻籠) — possibly the two most popular villages on the Nakasendō (中山道).  My first visit was way back in 2000 if memory serves me well and I’ve been back on numerous occasions ever since.

  Sean

  February 26, 2021

  Japan, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Walking

  馬籠, Gifu, Hiking, Japan, Kiso, Kiso-ji, Magome, Nagano, Nakasendō, ourtdooradventurejapan, outdoor Japan, outdoors in Japan, outsideisfree, Tsumago, Walking, 妻籠, 木曽路, 中山道