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Sayo-no-Nakayama Trail: Overview
taigaa001 Says: Sayo-no-Nakayama is noted for one of the three difficult passes of Tokaido Road. The trail starts from the northen edge of kikugawa town. There is a narrow paved road that leads to Sayo-no-Nakayama, hill about 250meters above sea level.(Photo#1) When you start climbing there...
taigaa001 Says: After two and a half hours walk from JR Kanaya station, you will get to Nissaka-shuku, twenty-fifth lodging station of Tokaido road. Nissaka now is a very quiet old town, and some of the old houses are open to public and are free of charge. The biggest draw of this place is...
taigaa001 Says: Kanaya Slope is 430-meter-long stone pavement reconstructed so that the Tokaido hikers would not get slipped. Despite its claim that it is not slippable it may not be good on rainy days. And it is not easy to get yourself oriented because your feet with oridinary shoes are...
taigaa001 Says: JR Kanaya Station of JR Tokaido Line is two stops east of JR Kakegawa station where Shinkansen Super Express(Kodama only) stops. From this station Oigawa Line known for locomotive cars starts. About 75 minutes to Senzu Station. To get to Kanaya Slope, after getting off the...
taigaa001 Says: From Kotonomama Hachimangu Shrine to Kakegawa downtown(my goal of the hike that day was Otemon Gate of Kakegawa Castle), it takes about two hours. I personally do not recommend this segment unless you are a perfectionist. It is truly boring paved trail and there's no so much...
taigaa001 Says: Ocha No Sato is one of the most popular tea-related facilities in Shizuoka. It is located at the northeastern edge of Makinohara Plateau with huge area of tea plantation. You can have general idea of what the Japanese tea is by visiting the museum showcasing various types of...
taigaa001 Says: Kikugawa Slope is stone-paved trail starting from Makinohara Hill area to Kikugawa area, about 700 meters in length. Just like Kanaya Slope this stone-paved path was restored recently. After climbng down the pavement, you will go through Kikugawa town, which used to serve as...
Basho Monument at Chokoji Temple
taigaa001 Says: Basho traveled from Edo( Tokyo) to wetern part of Japan from 1684 to 1685. The poem inscribed in the stone monument at Chokoji, in Kanaya expressed his surprise to find his horse having eaten rose of Sharon along the trail.
taigaa001 Says: Makinohara Park is located at the Northeastern corner of Makinohara Plateau, known by the huge tea plantation. The park is about 200 meters above sea level, and you can see the mountains nearby and even Mt. Fuji on the clear day! This park is particularly popular for night...
taigaa001 Says: Although there is no keep or yagura structures remain, this castle ruins was designated as one of the National Historical Sites in Japan. It was built by Katsuyori Takeda, son of Shingen Takeda one of the prominent feudal lords during late 16th century civil war era Japan....
taigaa001 Says: In fact most tourists start the train ride from this station about 1 kilometer away from JR Kanaya station. It is this station tour buses drop you off. This station has large parking space as well as a number of souvenir shops, and small locomotive museum. It is also not far...
taigaa001 Says: As I may have said in other tips, jizo or earth-womb Bodhisattva originally meant for deceased souls so that they may not get tormented by the pains during after-life journey. But jizo gradually got the role of salvation for living souls. People nowadays pray for jizo for...
taigaa001 Says: Getting From Nagoya (...and Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe as well) to KanayaTo get to Kanaya from Nagoya, take Shinkansen Kodama Express and change local trains from Kakegawa. Usually the local JR trains bound for eastward directions depart from #2 platform. But beware of occasional...
Yume Ichiba: A shop in Ocha No Sato
taigaa001 Says: Ocha No Sato is a facility where you can learn about Tea, and visit nice Japanese garden and a tea house. It also has a shopping store for Japanese green tea, tea related products, and local products.
taigaa001 Says: Kanaya station is about 22 kilometers north of Hamaoka Nuclear Plant in Omaezaki. Tokaido Trails between Kanaya and Kakegawa is barely outside the 20 kilometer radius range. To see the history of major troubles and accidents see the wiki link undersigned. When serious...
Can I visit both Ocha-no-Sato and Sayono Nakayama?
taigaa001 Says: Yes. On that case, I advise you to get to the Ocha-no-Sato first, then go toward Mt. Hitsurugi and after climbing Mt. Hitsurugi, you head for Sayo-No-Nakayama then go back to Kanaya through Tokaido(Trail A) or go westward to Nissaka(Trail B). I will check if this trail works...
taigaa001 Says: It is the easiest of four hiking trails Kanaya Tourist Office recommends. It starts from Kanaya station, climbs Kanaya slope with cobble-stone pavement. Then the trail turns left going along the paved road passing through the tea plantation. Then you reach Ocha No Sato, the...
cheesecake17 Says: After you get to the top, walk another 10 minutes on the regular road and you will reach the next part of the TOKAIDO PATH..In 2001, the pavement was restored for 611m on the Kikugawa slope by many people inside and outside Kanaya town under the campaign of "the pavement...
Hiking Trail Difficulty in Japan
taigaa001 Says: When you see the hiking trail leaflets written in Japanese you may have some terms for the difficulty levels. Shoshinsha Muke: For beginners. But this term can be misleading sometimes. Generally the trail under this category may have the characteristics as follows. 1: Not...
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Tokugawa Government in the 17th Century prohibited the pavement on the muddy mountain path for the purpose of defenseThis slope between Kanaya and Makinohara...
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Kanaya, Shimada and Old Tokaido Trail
Tokaido Trails between Kanaya and Kakegawa is one of the most popular Tokaido hike routes because the trail is far from current route one and you can enjoy rather quiet hike. It is, however, one of......
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