Shizukuishi, Iwate → Omisaka Trailhead, Mount Iwate

Map of Iwate prefecture with author’s route from Shizukuishi to Omisaka Trailhead highlighted. Open map in Gaia GPS →


A child’s drawing of a train captioned “Slow Train, Slow Life”.

A three-dimensional model of Mount Iwate, showing the traild leading to its crater.

A black Mazda RX-7 sports car in a parking lot under dark grey clouds. 📍 Shizukuishi, Iwate

These Walking Dreams is a visual field diary of a 4,300-kilometer walk from one end of Japan to the other, in the spring and summer of 2017.