Tag: Nakasendō

• Nakasendō – Walking Takenami to Mitake

  

  The original plan was to walk to Mitake with my daughter, but with the route covering more than 20 kilometres, as well as moderate spring summer heat meant I chose instead to walk solo and meet up with her and my wife at a friend’s house for a wonderful sansai (山菜) lunch.

  Sean

  May 13, 2022

  Gifu, Japan, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Walking

  Gifu, Japan, Nakasendō, Walking

• Minimalist Gear

  

  Everyone loves a good gear post and as I find myself waiting patiently for the Rapid Express to Takenami station (武並) I thought I’d break down what I’m carrying with me on my Nakasendō walk from Takenami to Mitake (御嵩町) today.

  Sean

  May 4, 2022

  Gear, Japan, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Walking

  Gear, Gifu, Japan, Mitake, Nakasendō, Takenami, Walking

• Nakasendō – Walking Nakatsugawa to Takenami

  

  With the Kiso-ji section of the Nakasendō coming to an end on my last walk I needed to decide on a plan to continue. Either turn around and start again heading northeast back along the Kiso-ji again (but why so soon?) or continue walking west along the Nakasendō.

  Sean

  December 24, 2021

  Gifu, Japan, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Walking

  Gifu, Japan, Nakasendō, Nakatsugawa, Takenami, Walking, 武並, 中山道, 中津川

• Film Nostalgia on the Kisoji

  

  Every now and then I get pangs of nostalgia, pull out the Leica M6, and shoot a roll or two of film. Anyone that has shot film before knows that it slows you down, forces you to think before pressing the shutter

  Sean

  December 15, 2021

  Gifu, Japan, Kiso-ji, Kisoji, Nagano, Nakasendo, Nakasendō, Photography, Walking

  Ilford, Japan, Kiso-ji, Kisoji, Leica M6, Nakasendō, Photography, Walking, 木曽路

• 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

  Hiking, Japan, Kiso Valley, Kiso-ji, Kisoji, Nagano, Nagiso, Nakasendō, Nakatsugawa, Suhara, test, walk Japan, Walking, 木曽路

• 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

  chestnut tiger butterfly, Hiking, Japan, Kiso Valley, Kiso-ji, Kisoji, Nagano, Nagiso, Nakasendō, Okuwa, Suhara, walk Japan, Walking, 木曽路

• Hiking: Mt. Hijiri in the Minami Alps

  

  There are times out in the middle of nowhere when you can’t believe that you are actually there and this was one of them. Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya—big cities all unimaginable while stood at the summit of places like this.

  Sean

  August 29, 2021

  Hiking, Japan, Japanese Alps, Minami Alps

  Akaishi Mountains, 登山, 聖岳, 長野県, 静岡県, Hiking, Japan, micro adventure, Minami Alps, mountain climbing, Mt. Hijiri, Nagano, Nakasendō, outsideisfree, Shizuoka, South Alps, Southern Alps, 南アルプス, 山登り

• 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

  Agematsu, Japan, Kiso Valley, Kiso-ji, Kisoji, Nagano, Nakasendō, Nakasendō trail, Nakatsugawa, Suhara, walk Japan, Walking, 木曽路