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Walking the Nakasendō Way: A Photographic Journey Through Japan's Ancient Postal Route
Before bullet trains compressed Japan into hours and smartphones flattened distance into abstraction, travelers walked. For over 500 kilometers between Kyoto and Tokyo, the Nakasendō trail wound through mountain villages where time moved at a footfall pace and every inn told stories in its wooden beams and worn stone.