The Nakasendo Way, which connects Kyoto and Edo ... None is travelling/Here along this way but I, This autumn evening. The next day is blazing hot, and we are all glad to break for lunch in ...

including a few days along the Nakasendo, where we hoped to savor the old Japan. Step back two centuries To begin our walk, we took a 40-minute train ride from Nagoya to the Kiso Valley town of ...

Walk Japan’s five-day Nakasendo Way: The Kiso Road walk costs 256,000 yen (about $2642) a person twin share, and includes all ...

Old stones still identify it as part of the Nakasendo, the inland highway connecting ... It was a sunny fall morning, and we had taken the train from Shiojiri, passing schoolgirls wearing blue ...

There were train rides each day, too, since this walk covered only about 60 miles of the Nakasendo. The frequency of local and regional trains kept us moving to each day’s destination with ease.

It’s a quick 45-minute train ride along the snaking Narai River from Matsumoto down to Narai-juku, one of the best-preserved resting stations from the Nakasendo’s bygone era of popularity.

Of these, it was the Nakasendo that connected Edo with Kyoto ... Just over 90 minutes from Nagoya on the Hida Limited Express train, Gero is known for its onsen, or natural hot springs, mineral ...

take the bullet train to Nagoya Station. From there, take the JR Shinano Limited Express line to the station closest to your desired starting point. To trek all 100 miles of the Nakasendo through ...

Hardly less used during the Edo Period (1603-1867), however, was the mountain route to the Imperial seat, the Nakasendo, along which daimyo and their families traveled between the capital and ...

There is something wistful about it, as though the world that created the bullet train may someday sweep the rural idyll of the Nakasendo into the 21st century. But for now Hideji and Mitsuko are ...