Tag: 中山道

• 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 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

• Nakasendō/Kiso-ji – Walking Shiojiri to Niekawa

  

  The Kiso-ji (木曽路), a small section of the Nakasendo (中山道), runs through the Kiso valley in Nagano prefecture. I wrote about walking it between Kiso Fukushima to Agematsu here and decided last week to walk it some more.

  Sean

  December 17, 2020

  Japan, Kiso-ji, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Walking

  Adventure, Japan, Japan travel, Kiso-ji, Nagano, Nakasendō, newsletter, outdoor Japan, Walking, 木曽路, 中山道

• Nakasendō/Kiso-ji – Walking Kiso Fukushima to Agematsu

  

  It’s been a long time since I walked a section of the Nakasendō (中山道). Back then it was the mountainous trail between Magome (馬籠宿) and Tsumago (妻籠宿), an insanely popular Nakasendō ‘theme park’ for both Japanese and foreign tourists.

  Sean

  November 27, 2020

  Japan, Kiso-ji, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Walking

  Agematsu, 등산, 長野, 走日本, 사이클 재팬, 삼림욕, 일본, 일본 을 산책, Japan, Japan travel, Kiso Fukushima, Nagano, Nakasendō, Nakasendō trail, oku Japan, outdoor Japan, walk Japan, Walking, 徒步日本, 日本骑行, 日本旅行, 木曽福島, 上松, 中山道

• Hiking, Photography: Thirteen Summers for One Winter

  

  How these photos happened. 1. Get given a bag full of cheap film that’s 13 years out of date. Share some with friends whether they want it or not. 2. Buy a discarded panorama camera that was briefly popular in the 1980s and 90s. Budget for no more than ¥500 ($5/£3) 3. Wait for winter […]

  Sean

  March 5, 2014

  Hiking, Japan, Mie, Mt. Gozaisho, Photography

  Ansco Pix Panorama, 雪, 馬籠, Film, Gifu, Gozaisho, Hiking, Inuyama, Magome, mountains, Nakasendō, panorama, snow, winter, 冬, 岐阜, 御在所, 日本, 三重, 中山道