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Kawakami Village, at the headwaters of the Yoshino River (Kino River) in central Nara, is the village of “Water’s Source” protected by deep forests and pure water. Home to “Otaki Ryujin Lake,” one of Japan’s oldest man-made lakes, beautiful cedar forests of “Yoshino Forestry” with over 500 years of history spread around it. Mysterious waterfalls and limestone caves are dotted throughout, letting you directly feel natural energy. Facilities to learn about headwater life and forest culture are also extensive, popular with overseas travelers interested in ecotourism. Surrounded by crystal clear air and murmuring water, it’s a special place to touch the diversity of Japan’s nature and people’s wisdom living with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kawakami Village, at the headwaters of the Yoshino River (Kino River) in central Nara, is the village of “Water’s Source” protected by deep forests and pure water. Home to “Otaki Ryujin Lake,” one of Japan’s oldest man-made lakes, beautiful cedar forests of “Yoshino Forestry” with over 500 years of history spread around it. Mysterious waterfalls and limestone caves are dotted throughout, letting you directly feel natural energy. Facilities to learn about headwater life and forest culture are also extensive, popular with overseas travelers interested in ecotourism. Surrounded by crystal clear air and murmuring water, it’s a special place to touch the diversity of Japan’s nature and people’s wisdom living with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1329],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nara"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKawakami Village | V-Trip Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kawakami Village, at the headwaters of the Yoshino River (Kino River) in central Nara, is the village of "Water's Source" protected by deep forests and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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