was the twelfth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
History Kuragano-shuku was an intersection between the Nakasendō and the Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō.Nikkō Reiheishidō . Mainichi Shinbun. Accessed August 29, 2007. Travelers coming from Kyoto would use this route to get to Nikkō. (If they were coming from Edo, they would have used the Nikkō Kaidō.) During the Edo period, it was a popular port for trader ships on the Karasu River.Old Nakasendo: Kuragano-shuku and Takasaki-shuku . City of Takasaki. Accessed August 29, 2007.
Neighboring post towns Nakasendō Shinmachi-shuku - Kuragano-shuku - Takasaki-shuku Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō Kuragano-shuku (starting location) - Tamamura-shuku
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