Kyoto ➡️ Yasu
26 июня 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 OnsenЧитать далее
Yasu ➡️ Biwa Beach Camping
27 июня 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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. IЧитать далее
Biwa Beach ➡️ Hikone
28 июня 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 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 theyЧитать далее
Hikone Day 2
29 июня 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Exploring Hikone
Hikone ➡️ Maibara ➡️ Nagoya
30 июня 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 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 ZugЧитать далее
Nagoya 🗺️
1 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 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 YatabonsЧитать далее
Nagoya Day 2 🗺️
2 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌫 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 einЧитать далее
Japanese Central Alps Day 1
3 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 japanischenЧитать далее
Okute-juku ➡️ Oi-juku
4 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 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 24Читать далее
Oi-juku ➡️ Magome-juku
5 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 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 dayЧитать далее
Magome-juku ➡️ Nojiri-juku
6 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 fromЧитать далее
Nojiri-juku ➡️ Fukushima-juku
7 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 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 wasЧитать далее
Fukushima-juku ➡️ Narai-juku
8 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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.Читать далее
Narai-juku ➡️ Shiojiri 🚃 Matsumoto
9 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 niceЧитать далее
TCG Stores and Meeting Tourists
10 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 backЧитать далее
Matsumoto Day 2
11 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 andЧитать далее
Matsumoto 🚃 Shiojiri ➡️ Suwa
12 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 aЧитать далее
Suwa ➡️ Wada-juku
13 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 constantЧитать далее
Wada-juku ➡️ Middle of Nowhere
14 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 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 whereЧитать далее
Asashina-juku ➡️ Karuizawa
15 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 aЧитать далее
Karuizawa ➡️ Isobe
17 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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. BetweenЧитать далее
Isobe ➡️ Takasaki
18 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 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 meЧитать далее
Takasaki ➡️ Fukaya
19 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 greatЧитать далее
Fukaya ➡️ Fukiage
20 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 theЧитать далее
Fukiage ➡️🚃 Omiya
21 июля 2024 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 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 andЧитать далее







































































































































































































































