Originally Posted by
giblet
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edit to add: If we are going to do the hike between Magome and Tsumago, which town would you recommend ending (and staying) in?
I didn't hike the Nakasendo, just took the train to Nakatsugawa (?) and a bus to Tsumago. No motorized vehicles are allowed in Tsumago after 10AM, so you have to walk in from the bus station. I headed straight for the tourist information agency, which assigned me to a pleasant minshuku.