I Walked Japan's Kiso Valley and It Felt Like Stepping Into a Woodblock Print A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers.

From Kyoto to Tokyo, along Japan's ancient Nakasendo Way, encounter temples, pedestals and bridges, writes Peter Mandel.

In his new memoir Things Become Other Things, photographer and essayist Craig Mod contemplates the power of a long walk to see a place—and ourselves—anew.

Acclaimed writer Pico Iyer describes his first walk in Kyoto 26 years ago, when he found understanding between a Shinto shrine and a 7-Eleven and fell in love with the city forever.

The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic walking itinerary across central Japan. View on euronews ...

Walk Japan’s 9-day Michinoku Coastal Trail itinerary traces the coastal path from Hachinohe to Kesennuma, and seeks to bring responsible tourism back to the hard-hit region.

As is true throughout rural Japan, many of the once-vibrant villages on Honshu’s Kii Peninsula are aging into nothingness.

It’s 20 years since Japan’s most popular pilgrimage route was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list — and its spiritual pull is as powerful as ever.