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Original ishidatami (stone paving) on the Nakasendō The Five Routes. The Nakasendō (中山道, Central Mountain Route), also called the Kisokaidō (木曾街道), [1] was one of the centrally administered five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected the de facto capital of Japan at Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto.
The tour starts in Kyoto, an ancient capital and cultural epicentre of Japan, and follows some preserved parts of the old road deep into the mountains before ending in the capital of Japan, Tokyo. Walk Japan also offers a shorter version of the tour, Nakasendo Way: The Kiso Road, which focuses on the Kiso valley, one of the more scenic parts of ...
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 Five Routes (五街道, Gokaidō), sometimes translated as "Five Highways", were the five centrally administered routes, or kaidō, that connected the de facto capital of Japan at Edo (now Tokyo) with the outer provinces during the Edo period (1603–1868). [1] The most important of the routes was the Tōkaidō, which linked Edo and Kyoto.
Hosokute-juku, 2008. Hosokute-juku (細久手宿, Hosokute-juku) was the forty-eighth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. . It is located in former Mino Province in what is now part of the city of Mizunami, Gifu Prefecture, Jap
The title page for the series of ukiyo-e prints.. The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō (木曾街道六十九次, Kisokaidō Rokujūkyū-tsugi) or Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Road, is a series of ukiyo-e works created by Utagawa Hiroshige and Keisai Eisen.
Keisai Eisen's print of Narai-juku, part of the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō. Narai-juku had the highest elevation of all the spots along the Kisoji. Because of all the visitors going through the Torii Pass (鳥居峠 Torii Tōge), Narai flourished as a post town and was referred to as the "Narai of 1,000 buildings" (奈良井千軒 Narai senken).
Stations of the Nakasendo in Nagano Prefecture (25 P) Pages in category "Stations of the Nakasendō" The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total.