矢掛宿(Yakage inn town) part 2: So we stayed in Yakage!

Some of pictures of Yakage from our trip in 3/2025. 

The town map.   


Yakage at Sunset. 


Yakage at night. 

Yakage in the early morning. 


Ishii honjin. 

Inside the honjin. 


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