Tokyo Countryside · Private Guided Tours
Japan beyond
the tourist trail
Ancient post towns, hidden mountain paths, cedar forests worn by centuries — experienced through a local guide who knows every stone.
Our tours
Three ways to leave
Tokyo behind
Kominka stay · 2 nights
Chichibu Farmhouse
¥120,000 / person
The path
Stone roads walked
for 500 years
The Nakasendo connected Edo to Kyoto through 69 post towns. Most are empty now. We know the ones worth walking, and the people still living in them.
The path
Stone roads walked
for 500 years
The Nakasendo connected Edo to Kyoto through 69 post towns. Most are empty now. We know the ones worth walking, and the people still living in them.
The nature
Wild places still
an hour from Shinjuku
Waterfalls without crowds. Valleys that never made the blog posts. We've spent years finding them — 1,611 spots documented, personally visited.
The nature
Wild places still
an hour from Shinjuku
Waterfalls without crowds. Valleys that never made the blog posts. We've spent years finding them — 1,611 spots documented, personally visited.
The guide
Julian has walked
these paths for 8 years
Not a tour operator. A person who fell in love with these landscapes and decided to share them — one small group at a time.
The guide
Julian has walked
these paths for 8 years
Not a tour operator. A person who fell in love with these landscapes and decided to share them — one small group at a time.
Julian's notes
Stories
from the trail
Tsumago-juku · Nakasendo
“Most people rush through in 45 minutes. I always stop at the third house on the right — the one with the persimmon tree. The owner is 84 and remembers when the post road still had horse traffic.”
— Julian
Mitake Gorge · Okutama
“There's a spot about 40 minutes past the last trail marker where the river bends. No sign, no map marking. In seven years, I've never seen another foreigner there.”
— Julian
Explore the map
1,611 spots.
Every one
visited in person.
Filter by mountain, temple, river, onsen. Plan your own route. See where Julian takes his guests.
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