Nakasendo Hike in The Spring Rain: Tsumago to Magome (Full POV)

Hiking along the old Nakasendo highway in the Kiso Valley. Most people hike from Magome to Tsumago, but here I'm doing the opposite direction. There is much more elevation gain in this direction plus I'm carrying a 10 kg backpack, so I will soon regret my decision. My built-in microphone becomes clogged due to the rain for about 30 minutes. Sorry about this. Date: 27 April 2026 Temperature: 17°C Chapters: 00:00 Overview 00:19 Tsumago bus stop 03:41 Tsumago Town 05:05 Watermill 05:46 Tsumago old bulletin board 06:48 Purple wisteria 09:09 Waki-Honjin Okuya (historical secondary inn) 10:36 Boys' May Festival dolls at Rest House Fureaikan (free rest area) 11:15 Tsumago-juku Honjin (historical primary inn) 16:59 Silver Osmanthus tree 21:09 Kotokuji Temple & Enmei Jizo 21:36 Terashita townscape 27:27 Inkyo handicraft shop and white wisteria 29:06 Araragi River 47:33 Purple wisteria 53:48 River 56:46 Spring water 57:28 Cobble steps through the woods 01:01:20 Gyutou Kannon 01:03:30 Bear bell (missing clapper) 01:06:58 Bear bell (loud audio warning) 01:10:57 Kurashina Soreisha Shrine 01:12:59 Bear bell (loud audio warning) 01:13:25 Detour to waterfalls 01:15:42 Odaki (male) waterfall 01:17:39 Medaki (female) waterfall 01:20:53 Prefectural road 01:24:51 Back on Nakasendo 01:34:32 300-year-old cypress tree "Kamoigi" 01:40:36 Cherry blossoms 01:42:13 Ichikokutochi Tateba Teahouse 01:52:41 Bear bell (loud audio warning) 01:58:30 Prefectural border & finally descending 02:00:19 Bear bell (loud audio warning) 02:02:16 Kumano-jinja Shrine torii gate 02:14:55 Lunch break at Juri 02:18:25 Watermill 02:32:51 Magome observation deck 02:38:07 Magome old bulletin board 02:38:46 Magome Town 02:44:18 Magome Waki-Honjin (historical secondary inn) 02:45:58 Toson Memorial Museum 02:51:25 Water wheel