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Basho Tour: Narrow Road to the North

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The Basho Tour: Narrow Road to the North is a fully guided tour suitable for anyone who is an occasional walker and can walk for more than three to four hours in comfort. In general, the route is gently undulating but also includes some short, steeper climbs. 

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Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Basic - 2 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

    • Explore Tokyo
    • UNESCO World Heritage Sites we visit on this tour
    • Visit Nikko
    • Enjoy walking to the Kurikara Pass

What's this trip about?

    The Basho Tour: Narrow Road to the North is a fully guided tour suitable for anyone who is an occasional walker and can walk for more than three to four hours in comfort. In general, the route is gently undulating but also includes some short, steeper climbs. 

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transport
Start CityTokyo
End CityKanazawa

Travel Themes

  • Cultural
  • Nature & Wildlife
  • Hiking & Walking
  • National Parks

Destinations

Activities

  • Culture
  • Educational/ Learning
  • Historic Sightseeing
  • Nature

Trip includes

    • Walk Japan tour leader
    • 8 nights' accommodation
    • Dedicated support vehicle on day 6
    • Luggage transfers
    • Entrance fees
    • Travel from tour start point to tour finish point.

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Itinerary

Travel Map
Day 1: Tokyo
Meals: Dinner Accommodation: Hotel. Meet in Tokyo in the lobby of our accommodation at 6:00pm for the tour briefing, which continues over dinner with the Tour Leader in a local restaurant.

Day 2: Tokyo – Nikko
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Accommodation: Hotel. Total walking: 8km (5 miles). Total elevation gain: 230m (754ft). After breakfast we transfer by train to Nikko and the nearby Uramino-taki waterfall, a noted beauty spot featured in Basho’s writings. It is...
Day 3: Nikko – Matsushima
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner Accommodation: Onsen hot spring resort. Total walking: 8km (5 miles). Total elevation gain: 100m (328ft). After breakfast we travel by train, including Shinkansen bullet train, to Kokufu-Tagajo. Before starting along the path Matsuo Ba...
Day 4: Matsushima – Hiraizumi
Meals: Breakfast and dinner Accommodation: Onsen thermal hot spring resort. Total walking: 12km (7.4 miles). Total elevation gain: 366m (1,200ft). Following breakfast, we walk to Zuigan-ji temple where caves, carved into a rock face, once accommodated monks in as...
Day 5: Hiraizumi – Akakura Onsen
Meals: Breakfast and dinner Accommodation: Japanese inn with onsen thermal hot spring baths. Total walking: 14km (8.5 miles). Total elevation gain: 605m (1,984ft). An early start for train transfers, including a very rapid but short Shinkansen Bullet Train journe...
Day 6: Akakura Onsen – Mt. Haguro-san
Meals: Breakfast and dinner Accommodation: Pilgrim lodgings. Total walking: 7km, (4.3 miles). Total elevation gain: 367m (1,204ft). After breakfast we walk over the remote Natagiri Pass, which was once notorious for its difficult terrain and banditry. Basho thoug...
Day 7: Haguro-san – Kanazawa
Meals: Breakfast and dinner Accommodation: Hotel Total walking: 6km (3.5 miles). Total elevation gain: 40m (131ft). For those who wish to attend, morning Shinto prayers in the main shrine room before breakfast. The morning prayers are an unusual experience for bo...
Day 8: Kanazawa – Kurikara Pass – Kanazawa
Meals: Breakfast Accommodation: Hotel. Total walking: 16km (10 miles). Total elevation gain: 556m (1,824ft). After breakfast transfer by train to the start of our walk to the Kurikara Pass. This follows the Hokurikudo, an ancient highway that today is a lovely, h...
Day 9: Kanazawa
Meals: Breakfast and lunch Total walking: 6km (3.5 miles). Total elevation gain: 30m (98ft). This morning we stroll through Kanazawa, a city which flourished economically and culturally under the powerful Kaga Clan during the Edo Period. The Kaga's wealth, second o...

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Dates & Availability

Price From $4,176
Price per day$464
Single supplement (single occupancy)$472
Last Updated: 5/21/2019

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We have just completed our second Nakasendo Way trip. This is a fabulous way to appreciate the hospitality of traditional Japan. We walked through little post towns ...

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