The are the rest areas along the Nakasendō, which ran from Nihonbashi in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto.Yama to Keikoku Publishing (2006). Nakasendō o Aruku (Revised ed.). Osaka: Yama to Keikoku Publishing. .Nakasendō Jōhō . NEC Corporation. Accessed August 18, 2007. The route stretched approximately and was an alternate trade route to the Tōkaidō.
Stations of the Nakasendō
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.
Tokyo Starting location: Nihonbashi (Chūō-ku) 1. Itabashi-shuku (Itabashi)
Saitama Prefecture 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)
Gunma Prefecture 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)
Nagano Prefecture 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)
Gifu Prefecture 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)
Shiga Prefecture 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)
Kyoto Prefecture 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: Fukiage-shuku, between Kōnosu-juku and Kumagai-juku (Kōnosu, Saitama Prefecture) Motai-shuku, between Mochizuki-shuku and Ashida-shuku (Saku, Nagano Prefecture) Shinkanō-juku, between Unuma-juku and Kanō-juku (Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture)
See also Edo Five Routes 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō 44 Stations of the Kōshū Kaidō 27 Stations of the Ōshū Kaidō 21 Stations of the Nikkō Kaidō Other Routes 17 Stations of the Hokkoku Kaidō 11 Stations of the Kisoji 35 Stations of the Mikuni Kaidō
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