Shiojiri, Nagano
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Shiojiri is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 March 2019, the city had an estimated population of 67,240 in 27,602 households, and a population density of 230 persons per km². The to
Shioziri Pass, Nakasendo Narai-juku Kiso-Hirasawa, Narai River Route 153 Utou Pass, Tirol-no-mori Shiojiri Station, Raisin Hall
Shiojiri City Hall
Lake Midoriko near Shiojiri Pass
Narai-juku
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Narai-juku was the thirty-fourth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the second of eleven stations along the Kisoji. It is located in the present-day city of Shiojiri, Nagano Prefe
Shiojiri, Nagano
…the east and west, was where the sellers from both directions would end their trips. Hence the name, that means "salt end/butt". During the Edo period, Narai-juku, Shiojiri-shuku and Seba-juku developed as post stations on the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto. The village of Shiojiri was established…
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Keisai Eisen's print of Narai-juku, part of the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō
View of Narai-juku facing north-east
Narai-juku in summer