We went to walk the 7.9km Trail from Magome Juku to Tsumago along the Nakasendo Hiking Trail last Saturday. The Nakasendo Route was an old walking route that connected Kyoto and Tokyo during the Edo Period. At the Start of the trail there was a panoramic view point of Mt. Ena giving me the opportunity to paint the beautiful landscape. I had to do it fast because we want to make it to Tsumago Juku before sunset which was 430pm that day. We did make it just after sunset to Tsumago but the shops were already closing. There were many beautiful spots for drawing and painting and anybody living near that place should take the time to draw all the beautiful scenes.
In Tsumago Juku there were still some shops open around 5pm (which was so dark already) and in those shops where water colour images sold as postcards, all were beautiful. We wanted to stay for the night but the inn (that would cost two persons 21,000Yen) was fully booked.
The Egg Ramen at the Nakatsugawa Station (where we took the bus to Magome Juku) was delicious for 360Yen.
Photos by The Traveling Kit
Mt. Ena which was not seen in the time lapse video below.
One hour and Twenty minutes painting