Northern and Central-Western Honshu, Japan (October 2024)

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This site shows photos I took during a three-week trip to northern and central-western Honshu in October 2024. The trip was quite diverse and not focused on a few specific objectives. It was nevertheless strongly tilted toward historical sites dating from the Edo period (1603-1868) and ancient mountain and rural religious sites. To facilitate transportation by train and public bus, I structured the visits into five geographic clusters, each with a single base: Kakunodate, Tsuruoka, Sendai, Kanazawa, and Takayama (see map above).

To access photos from this trip, click on the following links:

Kakunodate, Kuroyu onsen, and Akita	Sakata, Zenpoji, Tsuruoka, and Haguro-san	Yamadera, Sendai, Hiraizumi, and Matsushima	Kanazawa, Natadera, Eiheiji, and Maruoka	Takayama

To see photos from my other recent trips to Japan, click on the following links:

- May 2024: Northeastern Kyushu,

- April 2019: San-in Coast,

- October 2018: Shikoku,

- March-April 2017: Yakushima and Kyushu,

- October 2016: Matsumoto, Kiso valley, and Kii peninsula.

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