Nikko Away from the Crowds: Old Paths and Stone Jizo
Nikko's fame rests on two shoulders: the temple district where the World Heritage shrines cluster on the lower slopes, and the high country of Oku-Nikko with…
Trip Length
Full Day
4 quiet, car-free Full Day trips from Tokyo — no car needed.
Ohara: a quiet temple valley north of Kyoto
Ohara is a farming valley folded into the hills north of Kyoto, a place of thatched roofs, terraced fields, and temples strung along a small river.
Otaru's quiet side: the canal, the old bank street, and the Temiya rails
Yoro Valley (Yoro Keikoku): Waterfalls, a Slow Country Railway, and Kanto's Last Autumn Colors
Yoro Valley — Yōrō Keikoku in Japanese — hides in the middle of Chiba's Boso Peninsula, at the end of a one-track country railway where trains come once an…