Walk the old roads of Japan.

Small-group walking tours for unhurried travellers.

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Length: 7 days, 6 nights
Group: 10 walkers at most
From: US$4,850

Inns and a temple stay, two local guides, your bags carried ahead.

Day 1

Kyoto

Fushimi Inari Inn, Higashiyama

We meet at the inn at 3 pm. Before dinner we walk up through the torii of Fushimi Inari, once the day crowds have gone home.

Walk: 4 km, 2 hours
Ground: Stone steps, gentle
Sleep: Wooden townhouse inn

Day 2 to 4

Kumano Kodo

Takijiri Chikatsuyu Hongu Taisha Yunomine

Three days on the Nakahechi, the pilgrim road through the Kii mountains. Stone paths under cedar, a small shrine every hour or so. Your bags go ahead by van.

Day 2: Takijiri-oji to Chikatsuyu. 13 km, about 6 hours.
Day 3: Hosshinmon-oji to Hongu. 7 km, about 3 hours.
Day 4: Over the Dainichi-goe to Yunomine hot springs.

Day 5

Koyasan

Temple lodging Okunoin

A train and a cable car take us up to the monastery town. You sleep in a temple, eat the monks' vegetarian dinner, and walk Okunoin cemetery under old cedars as the lanterns come on.

Walk: 4 km, 2 hours
Ground: Flat stone paths
Sleep: Temple lodging

Day 6

Nara

Todai-ji Ryokan, Naramachi

An easy last day through Nara Park and the back lanes of Naramachi, past Todai-ji and the old pagodas. The deer bow for crackers. Farewell dinner at a family counter.

Walk: 8 km, 4 hours
Ground: Flat and paved
Day 7: Trains out by noon

Before you book

Will this walk suit you?

Walking a day you're happy with4.5 hours

Steep stone steps Fine by me I'd rather avoid them

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Dates and price

US$4,850 per person, sharing a room. Own room, add US$780.

Included: 6 nights in inns and a temple, breakfasts and 5 dinners, two guides, bags moved each walking day, trains between regions. Not included: flights, lunches, insurance.

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