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]
Stations of the Nakasendō edit
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 edit
- Starting Location: Nihonbashi (Chūō-ku)
- 1. Itabashi-shuku (Itabashi)
Saitama Prefecture edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- Ending Location: Sanjō Ōhashi (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto)
Ai no Shuku edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b Yama to Keikoku Publishing (2006). Nakasendō o Aruku (Revised ed.). Osaka: Yama to Keikoku Publishing. ISBN 4-635-60037-8.
- ^ Nakasendō Jōhō Archived 2007-12-09 at the Wayback Machine. (in Japanese) NEC Corporation. Accessed August 18, 2007.