Our last day of hiking the Nakasendo Trail was from Nagiso to Magome-juku via the historic and picturesque post town of Tsumagu-juku and then up the 6km ascent to Magome Pass and then down 2km or so descent to the also picturesque village of Magome-juku.
For this section, we decided to cheat a bit as it was sunny weather, so we arranged for our backpacks to be transferred to Magome-juku Information Centre at a cost of about $AU20 per bag, and we caught the bus from Nagiso to Tsumagu-juku so we skipped the weeping cherry tree section of the walk.
Tsumagu-juku
Tsumagu village taken with Samsung phone
Tsumagu village temple taken with Samsung phone
1st human drawn cart in Japan c150yrs ago – taken with Samsung phone
Tsumagu village taken with Samsung phone
Tsumagu village taken with Samsung phone
Tsumagu village taken with Samsung phone
Tsumagu village taken with Samsung phone
Tsumagu village wisteria taken with Samsung phone
Tsumagu village taken with Samsung phone
Vase
Local tailor showing off his hand made clothing
Many houses and buildings had these old indoor open fireplaces for cooking and boiling water – although apparently no longer in use
mud wall detail
Local man with his dog enjoying the attention
Local crafts
The trail from Tsumagu-juku to Magome-Juku via Magome Pass
Taken with Samsung phone
Wisteria – this is very commonly seen growing wild amongst the forest trees in the region
Cherry blossoms growing wild in the forests
Moss-like growths hanging from a tree with dangling white flowers growing wild in the forest
Bridge crossing and cascading stream on our ascent – Taken with Samsung phone
Even though we were late for the official cherry blossom season, they were still in full bloom near the top of Magome Pass
Taken with Samsung phone
Taken with Samsung phone
The local man who made green tea for hikers near top of Magome Pass
Magome chainsaw sculptor and his gardens
rain drain “pipe” common in Japan
Coming into Magome-juku – Panorama taken with Samsung phone
All photos taken with Olympus OMD EM1 III with 75mm f/1.8 (or Samsung phone if specified as such)
