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Hidden places in Japan

2 uncrowded places in Japan, away from Tokyo: quiet towns, geological oddities and free-to-enter ruins.

Tsumago-juku, Town in Japan
Hidden towns Japan · Nagano Prefecture

Tsumago-juku

An Edo-period post town on the Nakasendō highway, preserved in 1968 by residents who agreed never to sell, rent or demolish, and best seen on the 8 km trail from Magome.

Coordinates
35°34′43″N 137°35′44″E
Crowds
Some visitors
Landscape
Forest
Best season
Best in Autumn