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Togakure Ninja Training in Togakushi
Established in Togakushi in the 12th century, the Togakure school of ninjitsu is one of the three major schools of ninja in Japan. Visitors to Togakushi can of course learn about this tradition a...Stay at a Traditional ‘Shukubo’ in Togakushi
Home to some of the most important Shinto shrines in Japan, Togakushi has been a place of pilgrimage for hundreds of years. Five shrines make-up the Togakushi complex of which the Okusha (Upper S...Stay & Explore Bessho Onsen
Located only 30 minutes by train from central Ueda City, Bessho Onsen lays claim to being the oldest hot spring town in Nagano. Known as ‘onsen’ in Japanese, natural hot springs play a fundamental ro...Bijinbayashi (Beauty Forest)
Translating as both Beauty Forest’ or ‘Forest of Beautiful Women’, Bijinbayashi is a small yet picturesque forest of 90-year old beech trees in the Matsunoyama area of Niigata. The slender and smooth...Ikeda Yasubei Shoten (Traditional Chemist)
Located only a short distance from Toyama Station, Ikeda Yasubei Shoten is a traditional chemist selling a wide variety of traditional remedies including Japanese and Chinese medicines.Trad...Hakusan National Park
Hakusan is an expansive national park lying to the south of Kanazawa and west of Takayama. The park covers around 47,000 hectares centred around Mount Haku – one of Japan’s three sacred mountains....Hot Springs of Hakone
Known as ‘onsen’ in Japanese, Hakone is one of Japan’s most famous hot spring areas. Set amongst the beautiful landscape of the national park and often enjoying outstanding views of Mount Fuji, the n...Walk the Kumano Kodo Trail
Located on the Kii Peninsula, the ‘Kumano Kodo’ is one of only two – along with the Camino de Santiago in Spain – religious pilgrimage routes in the world to have been afforded World Heritage status....
