India, May 29 -- For centuries, samurai, monks, and nobles journeyed between Kyoto and Tokyo along the Nakasendo - the 330-mile (531 kilometres) "road through the mountains." Once bustling with foot traffic and feudal drama, this ancient trail is now a quiet ribbon winding through forested hills and rural hamlets, far from Japan's well-trodden tourist paths.

Today, a new kind of traveller walks it - those seeking something slower, quieter, and more immersive. To follow the Nakasendo is to walk in the footsteps of merchants and warriors, poets and pilgrims - and to write your own story into its centuries-old landscape.

About Nakasendo Way Tour by Walk Japan A road in Japan with cherry blossom trees| Image Credit: Amelia Cui/Unsplash Wal...