Kisofukushima

While many people make Kiso-Fukushima a day trip, we spent 3 nights here.

We walked parts of the Nakasendo Highway several years ago, and decided to return to a different part of the roadway this year. Kiso-Fukushima is more than just a checkpoint on that road and offers...

Quaint little village

Take time to stroll through the village. There’s a public outdoor foot bath that overlooks the river. There’s also a path that was part of the Nakasendo, which you can still see a noticeboard from the...

Ghost Town

We may have visited at the wrong time, not really sure. Early afternoon on Jan 3. Anyhow, nothing was open and there was no one around. Despite that, the town is lovely and was blanketed in snow which...

Serene village in the Japan alp route

During fall, after typhoon, the village which is former post station is easy life strolling/edo time village , museum of folklore /the restaurant is limited : mostly ramen- the changing foliages is p...

Very nice place to visit.

The street is loaded with old traditional buildings. Few sell locally made items. Few good Japanese style restaurants are very good as well. Very impressive to visit this area. The railway maybe the b...