On our third and final Nakasendo hiking day, we covered the 8km from Tsumago to Magome. This is the most well-advertised section of the trail, covering the distance between these two historic, well-preserved villages. No need for trains, as you can hike directly from one village to the other, staying[…]
Typical daytime temperatures on the Nakasendo trail in mid-March are around 8 degrees. So, we were quite surprised to wake up on the second day of our hike to this! Day 2 was originally going to be an 18km hiking day. But, given the weather plus the unexpectedly long hike[…]
After a simple, hearty breakfast buffet in Matsumoto, we shipped our luggage to Kyoto, donned our warmest clothing, and set out for (what we thought was) the Nakasendo trail. In theory, the historic Nakasendo trail goes all the way from Tokyo to Kyoto. However, in practice, the trail has been[…]