One of the post towns along the historic Nakasendo trail connecting Tokyo and Kyoto via central Honshu. This is nowadays a popular hiking trail. The whole trail can takes 3 days to complete. A short 8km hike connect Tsumago-juku to another post town, Magome-juku.

The towns: tsumago juku is more well preserved. Though both towns got lots of shops selling merchandise, most of the buildings in Magomejuku is rebuilt. So it feels less authentic.

Hiking : Easy trail along a creek. Well paved road with mild slope. Got lots of public toilets in between and direaction well indicated. There is a tea house in the middle of the trail. The owner is a welcoming old gentleman who offers complimentary tea to hikers and may even sing folk songs to entertain the guests. After the tea house, another uphill path leading to traffic road. There is a store at the exit which sells shaved ice. Then, downward slope along traffic road. Look for sign after 200-300m, enter the trail cross the road. It's 300m away from Magomejuku.

Tips : those not interested in hiking but want to visit the two towns can take public bus.