Tsumago-juku was the forty-second of the sixty-nine post towns on the Nakasendō. It is located in Nagiso, Kiso District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It has been restored to its appearance as an Edo-era post town and is now a popular tourist destination.
Panoramic view of Tsumago during spring, seen from Rurisan Kōtoku-ji Temple (2009)
Main street of Tsumago-juku in spring
Terashita street of Tsumago-juku in June
Hiroshige's print of Tsumago-juku, part of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series
69 Stations of the Nakasendō
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 (332 mi) and was an alternate trade route to the Tōkaidō.
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