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Rest areas along the Nakasendō
The 69 Stations of the Nakasendō (中山道六十九次 , Nakasendō Rokujūkyū-tsugi ) are the
rest areas along the
Nakasendō , which ran from
Nihonbashi in
Edo (modern-day
Tokyo ) to
Sanjō Ōhashi in
Kyoto .
[1]
[2] The route stretched approximately 534 km (332 mi) and was an alternate
trade route to the
Tōkaidō .
[1]
Original ishidatami (stone paving) on the Nakasendō
Stations of the Nakasendō
Nihonbashi's highway distance marker
Keisai Eisen 's print of Kōnosu-shuku (
The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō )
Hiroshige 's print of Annaka-shuku
Eisen's print of Iwamurada-shuku
Hiroshige's print of Seba-juku
Main street through Magome-juku
Marker for Akasaka-juku's
honjin
Hiroshige's print of Sanjō Ōhashi
The sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, in addition to the starting and ending locations (which are shared with the Tōkaidō), are listed below in order. The stations are divided by their present-day prefecture and include the name of their present-day
city /
town /
village /
district .
Starting Location:
Nihonbashi (
Chūō-ku )
1.
Itabashi-shuku (
Itabashi )
2.
Warabi-shuku (
Warabi )
3.
Urawa-shuku (
Urawa-ku ,
Saitama )
4.
Ōmiya-shuku (
Ōmiya-ku , Saitama)
5.
Ageo-shuku (
Ageo )
6.
Okegawa-shuku (
Okegawa )
7.
Kōnosu-shuku (
Kōnosu )
8.
Kumagai-shuku (
Kumagaya )
9.
Fukaya-shuku (
Fukaya )
10.
Honjō-shuku (
Honjō )
11.
Shinmachi-shuku (
Takasaki )
12.
Kuragano-shuku (Takasaki) (also part of the
Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō )
13.
Takasaki-shuku (Takasaki)
14.
Itahana-shuku (
Annaka )
15.
Annaka-shuku (Annaka)
16.
Matsuida-shuku (Annaka)
17.
Sakamoto-shuku (Annaka)
18.
Karuisawa-shuku (
Karuizawa ,
Kitasaku District )
19.
Kutsukake-shuku (Karuizawa, Kitasaku District)
20.
Oiwake-shuku (Karuizawa, Kitasaku District)
21.
Otai-shuku (
Miyota , Kitasaku District)
22.
Iwamurada-shuku (
Saku )
23.
Shionada-shuku (Saku)
24.
Yawata-shuku (Saku)
25.
Mochizuki-shuku (Saku)
26.
Ashida-shuku (
Tateshina , Kitasaku District)
27.
Nagakubo-shuku (
Nagawa ,
Chiisagata District )
28.
Wada-shuku (Nagawa, Chiisagata District)
29.
Shimosuwa-shuku (
Shimosuwa ,
Suwa District ) (also part of the
Kōshū Kaidō )
30.
Shiojiri-shuku (
Shiojiri ) (also part of the
Shio no Michi )
31.
Seba-juku (Shiojiri)
32.
Motoyama-juku (Shiojiri)
33.
Niekawa-juku (Shiojiri)
34.
Narai-juku (Shiojiri)
35.
Yabuhara-juku (
Kiso (village) ,
Kiso District )
36.
Miyanokoshi-juku (
Kiso (town) , Kiso District)
37.
Fukushima-juku (Kiso (town), Kiso District)
38.
Agematsu-juku (
Agematsu , Kiso District)
39.
Suhara-juku (
Ōkuwa , Kiso District)
40.
Nojiri-juku (Ōkuwa, Kiso District)
41.
Midono-juku (
Nagiso , Kiso District)
42.
Tsumago-juku (Nagiso, Kiso District)
43.
Magome-juku (
Nakatsugawa )
44.
Ochiai-juku (Nakatsugawa)
45.
Nakatsugawa-juku (Nakatsugawa)
46.
Ōi-juku (
Ena )
47.
Ōkute-juku (
Mizunami )
48.
Hosokute-juku (Mizunami)
49.
Mitake-juku (
Mitake ,
Kani District )
50.
Fushimi-juku (Mitake, Kani District)
51.
Ōta-juku (
Minokamo )
52.
Unuma-juku (
Kakamigahara )
53.
Kanō-juku (
Gifu )
54.
Gōdo-juku (Gifu)
55.
Mieji-juku (
Mizuho )
56.
Akasaka-juku (
Ōgaki )
57.
Tarui-juku (
Tarui ,
Fuwa District )
58.
Sekigahara-juku (
Sekigahara , Fuwa District)
59.
Imasu-juku (Sekigahara, Fuwa District)
60.
Kashiwabara-juku (
Maibara )
61.
Samegai-juku (Maibara)
62.
Banba-juku (Maibara)
63.
Toriimoto-juku (
Hikone )
64.
Takamiya-juku (Hikone)
65.
Echigawa-juku (
Aishō ,
Echi District )
66.
Musa-juku (
Ōmihachiman )
67.
Moriyama-juku (
Moriyama )
68.
Kusatsu-juku (
Kusatsu ) (also part of the
Tōkaidō )
69.
Ōtsu-juku (
Ōtsu ) (also part of the Tōkaidō)
Ending Location:
Sanjō Ōhashi (
Higashiyama-ku ,
Kyoto )
Ai no Shuku
Ai no shuku (intermediate area) are intermediate rest areas along Japan's historical routes. Because they are not official post stations, normal travelers were generally not allowed to stay at them. Here are some of the ai no shuku along the Nakasendō:
See also
References