Gentle Trekking Nakasendo Trail

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Gentle Trekking Nakasendo Trail Overview

Easy walking on the ancient Nakasendo trail to discover traditional Japan and time to explore the contrasting cities of Tokyo, Mount Koya and Kyoto.

Highlights of the Nakasendo Trail

Trek between historic post towns on Japan's Nakasendo trail

Bathe in hot spring baths and sample the delicious local food

Stay in traditional Japanese inns and a Buddhist temple

Explore Tokyo and the cultural city of Kyoto

Visit Mount Koya with its many temples and monasteries

This holiday encompasses Japan, both ancient and modern taking you from high-tech, ultra-modern Tokyo to the rural, mountain heartlands where you can immerse yourself in traditional Japanese life.

The trail winds through wooded mountain scenery between villages and well-preserved post-towns. You stay in minshuku and ryokan – traditional Japanese inns – where you will experience wonderful hospitality, delicious local food and a hot spring bath. At the end of the trail you will take a train to Mount Koya on the Kii Peninsula famed for its many historic temples and monasteries. From Mount Koya you travel to beautiful Nara to walk the ‘path beside the mountains’ and you end your holiday in Kyoto - an intriguing blend of old and new.

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