Nakasendo Guidebook
Our guidebook to the Nakasendo is available both as a PDF and as real book. You can buy the PDF direct from the website, from Amazon when abroad, and from local stores when in the Kiso Valley. It also comes included in any of our multiday tours.
Hiking the Nakasendo
The Samurai Road of the Kiso Valley & Beyond
Really Rural Japan are extremely proud to announce that our guidebook on the Nakasendo is now available to buy locally in the Kiso Valley and on Amazon. It features guides for 10 day hikes on the Nakasendo and also features maps, photos, history, travel advice, and loads more!
Locally it can be bought from:
HillBilly Coffee in Magome Juku
Kojitsu Coffee in Tsumago Juku
Nezame Tei in Agematsu Town
Kiso Ontake Tourism Office in Kiso Fukushima (infant of the station)
Having been years in the making with endless research hikes, late nights writing, and conversations with local history buffs, the ultimate guidebook to the Nakasendo is now complete. It makes a perfect companion when walking the Nakasendo and also when planning your trip. It has been printed by local printing company in the Kiso Valley, Yamada Insatsu. And online it published using Amazon’s print on demand service. Please click the link to your own country’s Amazon page, or search “Hiking the Nakasendo” into your regional Amazon site to buy. Unfortunately there has been a lot of AI made fake guidebooks about the Nakasendo so please be careful not to buy one of those! It is available in both paperback and e-book form on Amazon services all around the world.