Kiso Tourist Information
Kiso is located on the upper reaches of the Kiso-gawa River that is at the border of Gifu and Nagano, and the whole valley area is counted as one of the most beautiful woods in Japan.
Surrounded by steep mountains, Kiso-ji is a highway, which developed as a point of transportation that connected Edo (today's Tokyo) and Kyoto. In Magome-juku at the mouth of Kiso-ji there remains old rows of houses with lattice along stone-paved sloping roads. In order to avoid ruining the town's Edo-era look of almost 300 years ago, all overhead power-lines and cables etc are laid underground so that they cannot be seen.
Beyond the 801m high point on a mountain road, you will reach Tsumago-jyuku. The town suffered a temporary decline because of fires, however, the campaign for preserving the town has been going on since 1968 and it has helped to restore the town to its original state. It is now registered as one of the Japan's most important traditional building conservation areas.
The Bunka-Bunsei-Fusoku-Emaki-Gyoretsu that is held in Tsumago every autumn is the big parade where people dress up themselves in costumes from the Bunsei period of late Edo-era in 19th century.
© by Japan National Tourist Organization
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