Kyoto ➡️ Yasu
June 26, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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 OnsenRead more
Yasu ➡️ Biwa Beach Camping
June 27, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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. IRead more
Biwa Beach ➡️ Hikone
June 28, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 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 theyRead more
Hikone Day 2
June 29, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Exploring Hikone
Hikone ➡️ Maibara ➡️ Nagoya
June 30, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 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 ZugRead more
Nagoya 🗺️
July 1, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 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 YatabonsRead more
Nagoya Day 2 🗺️
July 2, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌫 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 einRead more
Japanese Central Alps Day 1
July 3, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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 japanischenRead more
Okute-juku ➡️ Oi-juku
July 4, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 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 24Read more
Oi-juku ➡️ Magome-juku
July 5, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 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 dayRead more
Magome-juku ➡️ Nojiri-juku
July 6, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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 fromRead more
Nojiri-juku ➡️ Fukushima-juku
July 7, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 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 wasRead more
Fukushima-juku ➡️ Narai-juku
July 8, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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.Read more
Narai-juku ➡️ Shiojiri 🚃 Matsumoto
July 9, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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 niceRead more
TCG Stores and Meeting Tourists
July 10, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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 backRead more
Matsumoto Day 2
July 11, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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 andRead more
Matsumoto 🚃 Shiojiri ➡️ Suwa
July 12, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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 aRead more
Suwa ➡️ Wada-juku
July 13, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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 constantRead more
Wada-juku ➡️ Middle of Nowhere
July 14, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 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 whereRead more
Asashina-juku ➡️ Karuizawa
July 15, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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 aRead more
Karuizawa ➡️ Isobe
July 17, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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. BetweenRead more
Isobe ➡️ Takasaki
July 18, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 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 meRead more
Takasaki ➡️ Fukaya
July 19, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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 greatRead more
Fukaya ➡️ Fukiage
July 20, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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 theRead more
Fukiage ➡️🚃 Omiya
July 21, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 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 andRead more







































































































































































































































