Narai-juku, April 2023

The Nakasendo Way, translates to the “middle mountain way”, once connected Edo (now Tokyo) to Kyoto during the Edo Period (1603-1868).  Traders preferred the more convenient coastal roads making this mountainous trail safer for the passage of feudal lords and their families as less trade meant fewer bandits on the road.  Along the 500km Nakasendo […]