7 Beautiful hikes between TOKYO and KYOTO | My favorite trails in central Japan

7 Beautiful hikes between TOKYO and KYOTO | My favorite trails in central Japan

Hiking Adventures
Hiking Adventures
28 Video Views·Mar 9, 2026

Wauw! Last october we went to Japan and we were very lucky to have found some amazing hikes! :D
I share seven of our favorites in this video :)
WHERE TO SLEEP
► Yui-An in (Nagiso, Nakasendo Trail) one of the best places I stayed in all of my travels! LOVE IT!
► Sheena to Ippei (Tokyo) also a great hidden gem!
► Panketo Lodge (Hakuba, northern Alps) great!! We had a new family room in the back which was amazing! (go for the renovated rooms if you can, the older ones are nothing spectacular)
► Minshuku Shimada (Narai, Nakasendo Trail) a Ryokan, very lovely and again amazing people, highly recommended!
► Noad (wakayama, kumano kodo) only recommended if you have a car cause it's very out of the way, but lovely and quiet and (in a good way) kind of funky. Loved it! NOTE: you'll rent a whole house and will not have a host around.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
02:04 Nakasendo Trail
05:06 Kamikochi
06:35 Akasawa Natural Recreation Forest
08:52 Tsugaike
10:30 Norikura Kogen
11:45 Kumano Kodo
13:25 Koyasan

NOTE: the mentioned hike with the waterfall is in the south of the Kii Peninsula - is the hike to the Kuwanoki Falls. It's a clear path which is slightly challenging when it rained (and you might get dirty hands from grabbing rocks). It's not a long hike tho :)