Welcome to Nara.
walking along the Takisaka-no-michi Trail - Nara, Japan.
Greeted by turtles at the start of our walk.
Walking along the Takisaka-no-michi Trail - Nara, Japan.
Pretty Japanese style pond.
Basking in the sun.
Un-named graveyard along the trail.
An un-named graveyard.
Tokai Nature Trail Marker.
At 1054 miles long the Tokai Nature Trail starts in Tokyo and ends in Osaka. Walking along the Takisaka-no-michi Trail - Nara, Japan.
Along the Tokai Nature Trail.
The Tokai Nature Trail intersecting with the Takisaka-no-michi Trail - Nara, Japan
National Forest marker.
Tall pines.
Damp pine forest.
Harvested rice fields.
Drying beans.
House surrounded by tea plants.
Tea.
Tōge-no-Chaya Teahouse. Open?
No longer a functioning Tea House - Tōge-no-Chaya.
Original trail to Jigoku-dani Stone Cave Buddhas is closed....