{"id":37009,"date":"2025-09-07T20:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T12:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=37009"},"modified":"2026-03-10T22:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:18:56","slug":"nagoya-toyota-city-day-02-magome-juku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2025\/09\/07\/nagoya-toyota-city-day-02-magome-juku\/","title":{"rendered":"Nagoya – Toyota City: Day 02 – Magome-juku"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many visitors to Nagoya would routinely try to find time for a day trip to the area’s post towns that lie along the famous Nakasendo Trail, an ancient samurai route that connected the old city of Edo (Tokyo today) to Kyoto during the 17th century. There are 69 post towns that lie along the 540-kilometer trail, and one of the most popular segments of the trail for visitors to try when in Nagoya is the 7.6km segment between the Magome and Tsumago post towns. The Magome<\/strong> post town was our third stop on this day trip, and the next adjacent post town is Tsumago, which we’d also be visiting later.<\/p>\n

We spent about two hours in Magome, including tucking into a soba restaurant for lunch. The small town was pretty busy, with numerous restaurants, cafes, souvenir and craft shops lining both sides of the cobblestone path. The path itself is also fairly steep and upslope, and ends at the top of a small hill that offers a great view of the surrounding area. The path is still quite doable though, and you’d likely be able to cover the stretch in less than 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Cobblestone pathway of the Nakasendo Trail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Many of the Edo-period houses had water wheels that make use of the water streams flowing downslope in the drains.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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One can’t tell from the pictures, but Magome-juku was pretty busy with many visitors \u2014 both locals and tourists \u2014 on this Sunday early afternoon. Many locals were with their furry canine friends: some walking alongside their human owners, and others in pet prams. LOL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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An attractively styled house located at the intersection of the Nakasendo Trail and Gifu Prefectural Road No. 7. Watch the traffic on both ends while gawking at the house!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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At the edge of Magome-juku is an observation platform that sits on a small hill, offering views of the mountain range in the distance. The view is gorgeous. Wish I had a drone to try flying in this area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Directions for visitors who want to attempt the 7.6km walk to Tsumago-juku.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Finished at the hill observatory, it was time for me to make my way downslope back to the start point.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Continued in the next post: Tsumago-juku, our last stop for this day tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many visitors to Nagoya would routinely try to find time for a day trip to the area’s post towns that lie along the famous Nakasendo Trail, an ancient samurai route that connected the old city of Edo (Tokyo today) to<\/p>\n

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