Tranquil Walk Between the Nakasendo’s Historic Towns & Rural Landscapes

Course Details On this 1-day tour, we’ll explore a peaceful and lesser-known section of the trail between Samegai-juku and Kashiwabara-juku—a short but meaningful journey through rural Japan. These two towns are not as heavily visited as places like Magome or Tsumago, allowing us to experience a more authentic, lived-in atmosphere where echoes of the Edo […]

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A Day in Rural Japan: Farm Life in a Satoyama Mountain Village

Course Details After meeting your guide at JR Maibara Station, take a short local train ride and then head by car into the hills to Kamiyamada, a hidden satoyama settlement nestled among rice fields and forest. Blessed with abundant spring water flowing from the surrounding mountains—once revered as sacred—this quiet village feels like a timeless […]

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