Tag: Kiso Valley

• Hiking Kisomaedake on the Edge of the Kiso Valley

  

  Kisomaedake (木曽前岳) is in the Chuo Alps (Kiso Mountains) on the edge of the Kiso Valley. To get there from the western side of the Alps, you’ve got to kick off your journey in Agematsu, in the central Kiso region.

  Sean

  June 20, 2023

  Chuo Alps, Hiking, Japan, Japanese Alps, Kiso-ji, Kisoji

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• Nakasendō/Kisoji – Walking Nagiso to Nakatsugawa

  

  It took me a year, but the Kiso-ji section of the Nakasendō from Shiojiri to Nakatsugawa is now complete. Pre-baby-toddler daughter and I would have finished it much sooner, but I quite enjoyed stretching it out over a year – it meant I got to see the Kiso Valley in all seasons.

  Sean

  November 30, 2021

  Gifu, Japan, Kiso-ji, Kisoji, Nagano, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, walking

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• Nakasendō/Kisoji – Walking Suhara to Nagiso

  

  Getting back on the Nakasendō felt good. A few months ago I ended a hot and humid day of walking at Suhara station in Nagano and promised myself I’d take a break from the walk as the heat and humidity of the Japanese summer set in.

  Sean

  October 19, 2021

  Kiso-ji, Kisoji, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, walking

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• Nakasendō/Kisoji – Walking Agematsu to Suhara

  

  This stretch was a mixed bag of wonderful Nakasendō/Kiso-ji (中山道・木曽路) backroads and the monstrous national R19, with truck after truck whizzing past.

  Sean

  June 2, 2021

  Japan, Kiso-ji, Kisoji, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, walking

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• Nakasendō/Kisoji – Walking Niekawa to Yabuhara

  

  Another walk on the Nakasendō/Kiso-ji. Starting at Niekawa Station (where I finished last time) I passed through Kiso-Hirasawa (木曽平沢), Narai (奈良井), and then over the Torii Pass (鳥居峠) to Yabuhara (藪原).

  Sean

  March 8, 2021

  Japan, Kiso-ji, Kisoji, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, walking

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