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37. to 39. Fukushima to Suhara
This day was a sometimes fantastic hike, and at other times rather hard on the psyche. I started off in Kiso-Fukushima, hiked via Agematsu-juku and ended up in Suhara-juku at the end of the day. On the positive side of… …more
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The start of the road
The Nakasendō starts, or ends, in Tokyo, at the Nihonbashi bridge. This place has now become the designated kilometre zero of Japan. That means that all distances today are nominally measured from this place. The metal plate in the road… …more
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The Edo-Tokyo museum
This museum specialises in the Edo period of the capital, and has exihibitions that might be of specific interest to Nakasendō hikers. First and foremost, they have a life-sized replica of the Nihonbashi bridge as it looked in the early… …more