Kyoto ➡️ Yasu
26 Jun 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
🇺🇸 First day of the hike started at 5:30 am. Goals for the day were crossing the Biwa lake and getting to Moriyama. I overdid it for the first day and got a bit of heatstroke but found an OnsenBaca lagi
Yasu ➡️ Biwa Beach Camping
27 Jun 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
🇺🇸 I found a cute little camping spot on a beach a few hours off of Hikone I wanted to reach today. Starting at 5am the temperatures were bearable and I really enjoyed the first few hours. IBaca lagi
Biwa Beach ➡️ Hikone
28 Jun 2024, Jepun ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
🇺🇸 I packed up my wet tent in the early morning hours and spend a few hours waiting until the rain would settle a bit. In the mean time two older gentlemen arrived to clean the toilets and theyBaca lagi
Hikone Day 2
29 Jun 2024, Jepun ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Exploring Hikone
Hikone ➡️ Maibara ➡️ Nagoya
30 Jun 2024, Jepun ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
🇺🇸 Walked a few hours but decided to take a train to Nagoya and spend the three rainy days there.
🇩🇪 Ich bin ein paar Stunden bis Maibara gelaufen habe aber dann entschieden einen ZugBaca lagi
Nagoya 🗺️
1 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
🇺🇸 Explored Nagoya and ate Yatabon‘s famous Miso Katsu - That was yum! But it‘s unfortunately still raining. Perfect weather to buy some Magic cards.
🇩🇪 Nagoya erforscht und YatabonsBaca lagi
Nagoya Day 2 🗺️
2 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ 🌫 27 °C
🇺🇸 Another uneventful and rainy day. I visited a few temples and tried Mazesoba. Another great meal 😋
🇩🇪 Ein weiterer regnerischer Tag an dem nicht viel passiert ist. Ich habe mir einBaca lagi
Japanese Central Alps Day 1
3 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
🇺🇸 First day in the Japanese Central Alps with burning temps of up to 34C. Slept under the stars because I couldn‘t find a spot to set up the tent.
🇩🇪 Erster Tag in den japanischenBaca lagi
Okute-juku ➡️ Oi-juku
4 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
🇺🇸 Looking forward to the upgrade from a no tent night to a nice Ryokan made the hike all the better. An hour after leaving I finally got to a FamilyMart to eat a meal again after almost 24Baca lagi
Oi-juku ➡️ Magome-juku
5 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
🇺🇸 Hottest day so far and way too long of a hike. The first and last hour were great with beautiful scenery (especially towards Magome) but the middle section was really boring making the dayBaca lagi
Magome-juku ➡️ Nojiri-juku
6 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
🇺🇸 The day started a bit later due to cool temperatures and cloudy weather. The famous Magome-Tsumago Trail was today‘s main plan and it was really beautiful. I also met the kind man fromBaca lagi
Nojiri-juku ➡️ Fukushima-juku
7 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
🇺🇸 This was definitely one of the least enjoyable days so far. The hike was fairly boring with most of the day spent alongside the highway but also extremely hard after how long yesterday wasBaca lagi
Fukushima-juku ➡️ Narai-juku
8 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
🇺🇸 Late start due to lower temperatures today. Unfortunately the heat in the open and directly in the sun was still rough so I took an early break to ear Katsu-Carry at a very old-school Bar.Baca lagi
Narai-juku ➡️ Shiojiri 🚃 Matsumoto
9 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
🇺🇸 With the next week looking rainy and being slightly past the halfway mark I decided to take a small 3-day break in Matsumoto. The 20km hike to Shiojiri was fairly easy and had a few very niceBaca lagi
TCG Stores and Meeting Tourists
10 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
🇺🇸 I woke up late and spent the first part of the day exploring Matsumoto and visiting all the card shops I could find - I found a few nice deals but it wasn‘t too impressive. On my way backBaca lagi
Matsumoto Day 2
11 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
🇺🇸 Last day in Matsumoto so I decided to visit the longest standing Castle in Japan: Matsumoto Castle. I forgot my phone at the Guesthouse so no pictures unfortunately but it was spectacular andBaca lagi
Matsumoto 🚃 Shiojiri ➡️ Suwa
12 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
🇺🇸 Rainy day and it only stopped about 30 minutes after I arrived at my accommodation - Lucky! The actual hike was fairly easy and nice. Suwa was a bit of a dull city but there were 4 Onsen in aBaca lagi
Suwa ➡️ Wada-juku
13 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
🇺🇸 No rain today so crossing the Wada Pass was safe. While I knew this was going to be the hardest part of the Nakasendo, I didn‘t expect it to be this hard. The first ~15km were just constantBaca lagi
Wada-juku ➡️ Middle of Nowhere
14 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
🇺🇸 Rain. Way too much rain and no hotel that had a free room. So my planned 15km day turned into another 25km day - Great 👍
At least I found an Onsen 20 minutes away from a Roadstation whereBaca lagi
Asashina-juku ➡️ Karuizawa
15 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
🇺🇸 Slept surprisingly well and was surprised by a really nice and sunny morning. Because the rain was supposed to pick up again towards 12am, I decided to walk as far as possible and take aBaca lagi
Karuizawa ➡️ Isobe
17 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
🇺🇸 Today was without a doubt the least fun I have had on this trip so far. While the view from the Usui-Pass was unbelievable, descending it towards Gunma Prefecture was pure hell. BetweenBaca lagi
Isobe ➡️ Takasaki
18 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
🇺🇸 Really short day and I arrived at my Hostel before the reception even opened. Luckily they let me go into my room around 12:30 but the showers were still being cleaned so the owner drove meBaca lagi
Takasaki ➡️ Fukaya
19 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
🇺🇸 Started at 6am, arrived at 4pm. That‘s a fairly good way to describe the day. I‘m glad I started so early because from 10am onwards it was consistently 33C+. But physically it was a greatBaca lagi
Fukaya ➡️ Fukiage
20 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 36 °C
🇺🇸 Short day and not a particularly picturesque route. In Kumagaya I passed a few festival floats from the Uchiwa-Matsuri, a festival of the Yasaka Shrine, where they carry floats around theBaca lagi
Fukiage ➡️🚃 Omiya
21 Julai 2024, Jepun ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
🇺🇸 Ankle still felt wobbly so I only walked to Fukiage Station (~1 hour) and took the train for the rest of the way to Omiya and spend the day exploring it. The Railway Museum was very nice andBaca lagi







































































































































































































































