A Historic Salt Route Through Japan Is Now A Self-Guided Walking Trail

A historic Japanese trade route is getting a new life as a walking trail. Walk Japan has launched the Salt Road Wayfarer, a six-day self-guided tour through Nagano and Niigata prefectures. The route follows sections of the old Salt Road between Omachi and Itoigawa. The road once linked the inland castle town of Matsumoto with […]