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The natural beauty of Japan as seen through the lens of an award-winning photographer and writer, as he explored the Nakasendo Way and other walking tours. Pictured here, historic Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni, a great area for hiking.

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The natural beauty of Japan as seen through the lens of an award-winning photographer and writer, as he explored the Nakasendo Way and other walking tours. Pictured here, historic Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni, a great area for hiking. Photo Credit: Mark Edward Harris

The natural beauty of Japan as seen through the lens of an award-winning photographer and writer, as he explored the Nakasendo Way and other walking tours. Pictured here, historic Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni, a great area for hiking.

A monk makes his way through the rain in the town of Narai on the historic Nakasendo.

Children on the Nakasendo on the outskirts of Nakatsugawa.

A store along the Nakasendo in Nakatsugawa displays a traditional hat and shoes, the type used by ancient travelers along the famous route connecting Kyoto and Edo (now Tokyo).

A rustic sign on the Nakasendo in English and Japanese points walkers toward Tsumago and Nagiso.

Walking on the Nakasendo near Shinchaya.

Mount Fuji from Lake Ashino.

Kyoto's Kinkaku-ji, known as the Golden Pavilion in English.

Sweets for sale on the Nakasendo in the city of Nakatsugawa.

A woman strolls through a ryokan garden in Beppu, Japan.

A Japanese crane (tsuru) in Kushiro in Hokkaido, on a winter Walk Japan photo tour.

The onsen (hot spring) at Takaragawa in Gunma Prefecture, an easy day trip from Tokyo, has many hiking trails in the surrounding hills.

Mount Fuji at sunrise.

A view of the five-story pagoda at the Toyokuni Shrine (Senjokaku) from Ryokan Iwaso on the island of Miyajima, seen on Walk Japan's Shogun Trail.

A kimono-clad participant of a Walk Japan tea ceremony led by Tea Master Soka Haneishi in a historic tea house in Ueno Park, Tokyo.

A hike through dense jungle brings visitors to a dramatic waterfall on the Okinawan island of Iriomotejima.

A kimono-clad woman pears in the entrance of an establishment along a pedestrian street in the historic Higashichaya Old Town district of Kanazawa.

An elegant lunch presentation at Sekitei in Kanazawa, Japan.

A young snow monkey in the onsen (hot spring) at Jigokudani in Nagano Prefecture.