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Day 27 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - Heading Into the Mountains, from Akasaka to Tarui, Sekigahara, Imasu and Kashiwabara

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Day 26 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - The Golden Buddha of Gifu, and Have I Lost the Passion for Walking the Nakasendō?

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Day 25 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - The beauty of not following the well-trodden path...

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Day 24 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - A cool and wet day of sightseeing in Inuyama

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Day 23 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - From Hosokute to Mitake, to Fushimi, to Ota and finally to Unuma, and Learning About Sarubobo, and Unexpected Delights Along The Path

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Day 22 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - Climbing 13 Mountain Passes From Ena To Okute, the Biwa Pass To Hosokute, and the Story of the Stone Buddha Without A Head

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Day 21 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - Climbing 13 Hills, from Magome to Ochiai to Nakatsugawa to Ena

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Day 20 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - From Nojiri to Midono, then to Tsumago and Magome, Along the Gaijin Highway

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Day 19 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - A Magical Landscape Of Waterfalls, Turquoise Water Ravines, and the Central Alps

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Day 18 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - Visiting The Beautiful Nezame-No-Toko Gorge, and The Legend of Tarō Urashima

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Day 17 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - The Torii Pass, and a long walk to Kiso, Fukushima

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Day 16 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - Learning About the Kofun Period, The Jomon Pit Houses, The Birthplace Of Soba, and Entering The Kiso Valley

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Day 15 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - A day of sightseeing in Matsumoto

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Day 14 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - From Shimosuwa over the Shiojiri Pass to Shiojiri-Shuku.

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Day 13 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - A Much Needed Rest Day in Shimosuwa Onsen and Learning About Onbashira Matsuri

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Day 12 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - The longest day of The Nakasendo, Crossing the Wada Mountain Pass

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Day 11 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - A long day of hiking over Kasatoritoge mountain pass in the pouring rain

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Day 10 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - old station towns, and thoughts that crossed my mind

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Day 9 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - A rest day in Karuizawa, and The Christ Consciousness in Ancient Japan

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Day 8 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - Going Into The Woods and Crossing Our First Mountain Pass

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Day 7 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - Thinking of the Zen Master Called Homeless Kodo...

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Day 6 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - Can Japan Be Aging Badly?...

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Day 5 - Walking The Nakasendō, Japan - Rome Was Not Built In A Day...

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Day 4 - Walking The Nakasendo, Japan - A Hard Day Full Of Raging Emotions

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Day 3 - Walking The Nakasendō, and Lessons In Moderation Learned from Hina Dolls

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Day 2 - Walking The Nakasendo, Japan

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Day 1, Walking the Nakasendo - Reflections on why we walk, and background on the Nakasendo

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Preparations for walking the Nakasendo in Japan

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