Old Routes of Japan: Tracking down Japan off the beaten path from the eyes of a Japanese native

I admit that I am not a tech savvy.😅 But at least these are things I did in order for my readers to be able to search routes and areas.  When you click “Labels” under Archive section on the front page, you will find labels according to areas, routes and topics.  It’s not perfect, but it’s still better than nothing.  Hope this helps☺️

Thank you so much for reading my blog!  Here I am showing my rough schedule of the year.(These are my goals. Schedules are subject to change)  Tokaido series: will be completed by August.  Saigoku Kaido series: will be completed by October.  Minoji series: will start in July.  Hokkoku Kaido/Zenkoji Kaido series: will start in September.  Nagasaki Kaido series: will start in October.  Koshu Kaido series: will start in November.   Izumo Kaido series: will start in December or January 2026.   Other lineups of old routes are:  Nikko Kaido Hokurikudo/Hokkoku Kaido Oshu Kaido Inaba Kaido  Hida Kaido San’indo Tanba Kaido Ise Kaido And so on… I will write overviews of each route in advance because for some, waiting for me to complete each inn town can be very anxious and/or boring.  However, I am writing this blog not to make money. I am writing to archive Japan’s old routes so that it’ll be easier to find lesser-known places. Above al...

I just modified my blog title as “Old Routes of Japan: Tracking down Japan off the beaten paths from the eyes of a Japanese native”.  Basically, nothing will change.  I’m just having a fun tracking down Japan’s old routes.  Also, I started making a few more changes.  I started adding yellow arrow on the map to show the actual old routes. And I also marked notable spots with either green or red circles.  There are pictures that I have not marked yet, but I am slowly working on these.  Tracking down old routes are fun in general. However, not all the spots are fun because you hardly see what these spots used to look like, and/or you don’t see series of old houses like the ones in Kyoto, Takayama and Tsumago. But these “not-so-fun” spots are still necessary to be noted, because otherwise people will forget the historical foundations of these spots.  And I do not feature one particular spot like “This is a must-visit place!” because the concepts of “must-v...

 I just had to make several changes in my past postings due to potential copyright issues.  You will notice that some of pictures have been either removed or replaced. This is because I realized that not all Google map street views have been taken by Google. Some of street views have been posted by volunteer or paid contributors.  So I had to replaced these pictures to avoid potential copyright issues. Sorry!