‘Do not sell, do not rent, do not destroy’: the local pact behind the national law.
The forty-second post town of the Nakasendō, the village runs along the main street between wooden terraced houses, without a single electric cable or aerial in sight: they are kept hidden to leave the view intact for those walking towards Magome.
A post town on the Nakasendō, the road that linked Edo and Kyoto through the mountains, as an alternative to the coastal Tōkaidō. In September 1976 it was one of the first in Japan to be designated an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings: it got there early because the residents had pledged, in a local pact, not to sell, rent or destroy their houses, a grassroots movement that preceded and prompted the national law on preservation districts. Together with Magome, it is part of the best-preserved stretch of the whole route.
ℹ️ The village is always accessible and free; the shops have their own hours. A common starting point for the 8 km walk to Magome, over the wooded pass between the two post towns.
🚉 For Magomejuku - Hogami · 3 min walk
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