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Joso, Yuki, Sakuragawa & Koga area guide

For handwoven silk and old merchant towns.

What this area is like

Yuki is the home of Yuki-tsumugi, a handwoven silk on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list. Makabe in Sakuragawa has old storehouses and shows hina dolls in February and March, and Koga holds a peach blossom festival in spring.

Plan your visit

Trains are sparse between towns; a car makes it easier to combine them.

Choose your next step

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