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Hot Springs are numerous and highly popular across Japan. These Hot Springs are the Onsen that you’ve definitely heard so much about. Every region of the country has its share of Hot Springs, Ryokan & Resort towns, which usually compliments...

The Shoryudo Highway Bus Ticket is a little known, little used bus pass for central Japan, allowing for 3 or 5 days of unlimited travel on the Meitetsu bus network. The 3 day bus allows access to the main cities of Kanazawa, Shirakawa-go, Takayama...

Kusatsu Onsen (草津温泉) is a hot spring town in the Japanese Alps, and popular with Japanese tourists. Foreign visitors should not expect to find they are the only non-Japanese tourists here, but the town is one of best for hot spring experience...

Kusatsu Onsen (草津温泉) is a hot spring town in the Japanese Alps, and popular with Japanese tourists. Foreign visitors should not expect to find they are the only non-Japanese tourists here, but the town is one of best for hot spring experience...

Nakatsugawa-juku was the forty-fifth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō-Road. During the Edo period, Nakatsugawa-juku flourished as a trade center, and reached a population of over 1,230 people and contained over 175 homes. Nakatsugawa R...

Ōkute-juku was the forty-seventh of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō during the Edo period. This is the first station along the Nakasendō to be in the domain of the Owari Clan, one of the most powerful regional clans. Ōkute-juku was firs...

Kiso-Fukushima is located on the Nakasendo highway between Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo), and  was an important check-point on the road. Kiso-Fukushima is located about directly half-way on the Nakasendo. Fukushima, Kiso-town, Nagano-Prefecture, Japan. Octo...

Iwamura flourished as a castle town. The most famous lords of the castle was a woman called “Onna Joshu” and protected her vassals and people while she chose a political marriage. Iwamura, Ena-City, Gifu-Prefecture, Japan November 2015, Olympus O...

    Suhara-juku was the thirty-ninth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the seventh of eleven stations on the Kisoji. Of all of the post towns along the Kisoji, Suhara was the first one to be established, though origin...

Nojiri-juku was the 40th former post town on the old Nakasen-do Road (from Tokyo to Kyoto), and standed along the winding path, a kind of chicane to intercept external enemies. Nojiri-juku, Okuwa-Village, Nagano-Prefecture, Japan November2015, Olympu...

Kiso-hirasawa flourished as a center for Japanese lacquer ware production. It was associated with Narai-juku which is along Nakasen-do highway. Narai-juku flourished both as a former post town and as a lacquer ware productive center in the Kiso Regio...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!! – Whenever Yuzawa is concerned, Echigo Yuzawa and Gala Yuzawa are the two main stations on the Joetsu Shinkansen line. Both of these stations are actually in the town of Echigo Yuzawa. The area around Echigo Yuzawa s...

Gujo Hachiman is a small town, known for its pristine waterways. The town flourished as a castle town (Hachiman Castle). When we were walking around the town, we can look at the many streams, canals, and fountains. These clear streams are still used...

Tokoname has been associated with ceramics production since at least the Heian period, and Tokoname-yaki works from this period have been found in locations as far away as Aomori Prefecture in the north of Japan and Kagoshima prefecture in the south.

Shirakawa-go (白川郷) and nearby Gokayama (五箇山) are secluded World Heritage villages known for their vernacular farmhouse-style houses called Gassho-Zukuri. These unique buildings have their style to withstand the heavy snow in the winter.

Shirakawa-go (白川郷) and nearby Gokayama (五箇山) are secluded World Heritage villages known for their vernacular farmhouse-style houses called Gassho-Zukuri....

Higashi Izu Blessed with a warm climate, Higashi-Izu town, located in the middle east of the Izu Peninsula is well known for hot springs. The town consists a total of 6 hot spring spots. These Onsen spots are: Okawa, Hokkawa, Atagawa, Katase, Shirata...

木曽三河家One very kind reader sent us this recommendation for accommodation in Kiso Fukushima on the historic Nakasendo hiking route in Nagano Prefecture. It's the Kiso Mikawaya Hotel situated beside the Kiso River.Here's how Alvin de...

Asuke is located in northeastern Aichi-Prefecure (near Nagoya-City). It flourished as a marketplace on the Chuma-kaido street,”Salt Road”, the route for transporting salt produced along Mikawa Bay in the 19th century. Asuke, Aichi-Prefect...

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