Usui Pass

  • 17. and 18. Across the Usui pass

    17. and 18. Across the Usui pass

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    There isn’t just one highlight to this day’s hiking, but rather a lot! The most obvious one is the part that crosses the Usui pass, but there were a lot of other really cool things to see along the rest… …more

  • 14. and 15. and 16. Itahana to Annaka to Matsuida

    14. and 15. and 16. Itahana to Annaka to Matsuida

    Heading out from Takasaki is where we leave the Kanto plain, or rather the Karasu river is a great boundary for this just at the western edge of the city. On the one side, there is a flat and mostly… …more

  • More birbs

    More birbs

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    Today I hiked from Takasaki, which I’ll talk about in a later post, but part of the path followed the Usui river, and boy did it present a lot of birds! I didn’t manage to catch even a tenth of… …more