69 Stations of the Nakasendō
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The 69 Stations of the Nakasendō are the rest areas along the Nakasendō, which ran from Nihonbashi in Edo to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto. The route stretched approximately 534 km and was an alternate trade
Original ishidatami (stone paving) on the Nakasendō
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
Nakasendō
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The Nakasendō, also called the Kisokaidō, 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 to Kyoto. There we
69 Stations of the Nakasendō
…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. The route stretched approximately 534 km (332 mi) and was an alternate…
Along the Nakasendō between Tsumago and Magome.
A modern-day guidepost for the Nakasendō near Takamiya-juku
Odaki waterfall west of Tsumago-juku