A loop through the deepest, quietest corner of western Honshu. Tsuwano is the "Little Kyoto of San'in" — a perfectly preserved Edo-era castle town in a narrow mountain valley, where koi swim in the street drainage canals. From there the road climbs through ancient cedar forest toward the Sea of Japan coast and Iwami Ginzan — the UNESCO World Heritage silver mine that produced one third of the world's silver supply in the 17th century, with the preserved mining village of Omori still inhabited and almost car-free. Old Japan, with almost no other tourists.
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