Kakunodate, Samurai Town

Today I decided to take a half rest day so I could go on a small hike, so I only programmed to do 30 km. I stopped at a beautiful wood workshop road station and headed towards a gorge to go explore a bit. It was a beautiful spot, but sadly the trek was closed due to landslides (yes, this keeps happening to me), so i had to head back and continue. I went to visit Kakunodate which was known to have been an important samurai town. And it was beautiful. I found a homestay and stayed there (as always, I was the only guest), and walked a little bit around the town entering the samurai traditional houses. I decided to stay an extra day to take a full rest day, I had some delicious soba and amazing sushi while I was there, and just enjoyed having a slow paced day as I strolled through the samurai district.

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