99.9% Won’t Visit This Mountain Village (Patreon)

99.9% of Tourists NEVER Visit This Mountain Village ★ ONLY in JAPAN

Leaving Tokyo or Kyoto – the beaten path every tourist travels – for Japan’s LONG TRAILS is one amazing adventure! Hiking from one hidden mountain village to another, many lost in time – mountain huts, Ryokan, Japanese Inns with amazing cuisine and hot spring, onsen towns will keep you coming back to each of the 30 Long Trails across the country. This time, we took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Iiyama in Nagano and hiked section 9 of the Shin-Etsu Trail staying at Katakuri no Yado, an abandoned school turned mountain inn for hikers that is a story in itself! We hiked the 10km to Akiyamago Village and in the episode, ate more soba noodles and tempura than one can image! 00:00 Start 00:42 Japan Overview 01:45 Mountain Inn “Katakuri no Yado” 03:20 Inside the Rooms 04:02 Japan Long Trail Map 04:49 Shin-Etsu Map 06:16 Japanese Mushroom Foraging 08:21 Kitchen / Preparing Dinner 09:23 Dinner / Kaiseki Cuisine 10:32 HIKING 🥾 Section 9 14:40 Mikura Vilkage 15:45 BEAR! BEAR! 17:46 Soba Noodles & Tempura 19:41 Bear Spray in Japan 20:54 Ancient Japanese Toilet Paper 22:42 Akiyamago Village 23:09 Red Water Hot Spring 23:54 Bear Hunter vs Matagi 24:38 Walking the Trail 50 Years Ago 26:13 Soba Noodle Hotel, Nagano 🥾 Japan Long Trails Info: https://longtrail.jp/index_e.html 🥾 Shin-Etsu Trail: https://www.s-trail.net/english/ MAP: Accommodations / Hotels 📍 Katakuri no Yado - Ketto Mountain Inn ▶︎ http://www.tsumari-artfield.com/katakuri/ Katakuri-no-Yado Entrance Area – Spatial Arrangement by Hara Rintaro Gymnasium Artwork – Hara Rintaro + Hara Yu, “Tsumari Sugoroku” (Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale) 📍 Deguchiya 出口屋 - Akiyamago VIllage, Nagano ▶︎ https://maps.app.goo.gl/nCt8ptta7kAFXKGG6 📍 Nabekura Kogen Mori-no-ie Cabins なべくら高原・森の家 ▶︎ https://maps.app.goo.gl/aBahVf69j4etrGSu5 📍 Ishidaya Soba Inn 手打ちそばの宿 石田屋 ▶︎ https://maps.app.goo.gl/2zgAoDsLGnj3Kokm8 #japan