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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.
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
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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.
Walk Japan Limited, also known as WJ, or simply Walk Japan, is a Japan based tour company, founded in 1992 by Tom Stanley and Dick Irving.The company is a pioneer of "off-the-beaten-track" walking tours in Japan and are known for their tours to parts of Japan that are often not available for most visitors to Japan.
In the early Edo period, the system of post stations on the Nakasendō was formalized by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1602; however, Fushimi-juku was to established until 92 years later when changes in the flow of the Kiso River shifted the location where ferries could cross further upstream.
The Gokaidō. 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 Tōkaidō road (東海道, Tōkaidō, [to̞ːka̠ido̞ː]), which roughly means "eastern sea route," was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period in Japan, connecting Kyoto to the de facto capital of Japan at Edo (modern-day Tokyo).