And our last stop of the day before making the drive to Nagano- Narai-juku. I think there’s only one other group of tourists in the entire town. Narai-juku was exceptionally well restored and preserved, and beautiful. Each of the post town today had its own unique style.
International tourists typically flock to the over-touristed Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. But in my opinion there’s so much more that one can get out of a trip by going to the rest of the country- even more beautiful, less crowded, and cheaper.
We went to three of the sixty-nine post towns on the Nakasendo today.
The drive to from Narai-juku to Nagano at dusk was beautiful:
Once we settled into the hotel, we grabbed hearty bowls of miso ramen from a miso specialist near the Nagano JR station- らぁめん みそ家 Ramen Misoya. Both spicy and non-spicy. Order at the machine by the door.
