Magome-juku used to be a post station of the Nakasendō, a route connecting Kyoto and Edo in the Edo period .

Back then relatively cosmopolitan and wealthy, now it is a small and lovely town reminding an open-air museum. An old water mill, wooden houses and cobblestone streets give a historic feeling to the place.

In most of the houses you can find little shops, restaurants and museums. It’s a perfect destination for those who want to discover history of daily life in Japan. If you’re interested in Japanese literature, you might want to know that Magome was a birthplace of a noteworthy author Shimazaki Tōson.