Editing List of long-distance footpaths (section)

===Japan===
[[Image:土居商店街をゆくお遍路さんP4044924.JPG|thumb|An ''aruki-henro'' or walking pilgrim, marked out by his distinctive [[Conical Asian hat|sedge hat]], white shirt, and [[kongō-zue]]]]

*[[Hokkaidō Nature Trail]]: {{cvt|4585|km}} all over the island of Hokkaidō (in planning)
*[[Tōhoku Nature Trail]]: {{cvt|4374|km}} within Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures
*[[Chubu Hokuriku Nature Trail]]: {{cvt|4029|km}} within Gunma, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Nagano, Gifu and Shiga prefectures
*[[Kantō Fureai Trail]]: {{cvt|1665|km}} within Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tōkyō and Kanagawa prefectures. Also known as the Capital Region Nature Trail.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ja.japantourist.jp/view/the-kanto-fureai-no-michi-in-tokyo|title = The Kanto Fureai no Michi in Tokyo - 東京}}</ref>
*[[Tōkaidō Nature Trail]]: {{cvt|1697|km}} from Tokyo to Osaka via Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Aichi, Shiga, Gifu, Mie, Kyōto and Nara prefectures
*[[Kinki Nature Trail]]: {{cvt|3291|km}} within Fukui, Mie, Shiga, Kyōto, Osaka, Hyōgo, Nara, Wakayama and Tottori prefectures
*[[Chugoku Nature Trail]]: {{cvt|2211|km}} within Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures
*[[Shikoku Nature Trail]]: {{cvt|1637|km}} within Ehime, Tokushima, Kagawa and Kōchi prefectures
*[[Kyushu Nature Trail]]: {{cvt|2587|km}} within Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures
*[[Michinoku Coastal Trail]]: {{Cvt|1025|km}} within Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures

Japan is also home to several lengthy [[junrei|pilgrimage]] routes, such as the {{cvt|1200|km}} [[Shikoku Pilgrimage]] that visits 88 temples and [[Mount Kōya]]. Today these temples and shrines are easily accessible by car and mass transit, but many visitors choose to walk the traditional routes.