Tokai Nature Trail Maps and Resources (Tōkai Shizen Hodō / 東海自然歩道)
*EDIT: I walked it and it was amazing - I've added a gpx of the route and closures as of oct 2026. I will be updating the maps and adding gpxs for the Nara route and Shizuoka bypass shortly (Sept 2026)* Hello internet, I'm planning to walk the Tōkai Nature Trail from Osaka to Tokyo in September, October, November 2024. My starting gear list can be found here . Below are the resources I found while investigating the route. I found that while GPS tracks and maps were available, the GPS tracks often included off track portions (e.g. detours to train stations and shops, wrong turns) and guess-timations of the trail, and the maps while informational were either in Japanese (which I unfortunately do not speak), out of date, and spread across multiple websites or not to scale and hard to follow. I have created my own set of geo-referenced pdf maps for the main trail route which I will be testing out, these can be used as is or uploaded to Nomad Tracks/FO Maps/Avenza/et...