Kaida Plateau to Yabuhara and on to Karuizawa 11kms 373m

We got help again!

Forget walking onwards ever onwards, no matter what!

We bused it again!

Large sections of the historic Nakasendo Way are now city or in private hands.

Our tour company has picked the best 135kms to walk. Nice!

This was a great day! Forest, lunch, mountain views, variety and a luxurious inn with beer and plum wine.

We were all craving wheat. 

Lunch was in a family home right on the path. We had been told it was special. The couple in their seventies, have a large verandah overlooking a glorious mountain and surrounded by a model train track with Thomas the tank engine.




They served us freshly baked pumpkin bread and home made pizzas  - Wow!

Then they played local songs for us. They were smiling the whole time. After lunch we watched Thomas do his stuff whilst we sprayed the air with a bubble gun.

Thankfully some people stay young at heart always!

Our evening stop was in a resort town for Tokyo's rich and famous. Bars, cafes and designer clothes shops everywhere.


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