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Edo Five Roads
The Nakasendō 中山道
The inland mountain road between Edo and Kyoto, climbing through the Kiso Valley and the passes of Shinano. Its 69 stations include the best-preserved post towns in Japan — Magome, Tsumago and Narai — and it joins the Tōkaidō at Kusatsu. The stations reach about 522 km from Nihonbashi.
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Itabashi-shuku
板橋宿 · No. 1 of 69 · Nakasendō
9.8 km from EdoTokyo
Warabi-shuku
蕨宿 · No. 2 of 69 · Nakasendō
18.8 km from EdoSaitama
Urawa-shuku
浦和宿 · No. 3 of 69 · Nakasendō
24.2 km from EdoSaitama
Ōmiya-shuku
大宮宿 · No. 4 of 69 · Nakasendō
29.2 km from EdoSaitama
Ageo-shuku
上尾宿 · No. 5 of 69 · Nakasendō
37.1 km from EdoSaitama
Okegawa-shuku
桶川宿 · No. 6 of 69 · Nakasendō
40.8 km from EdoSaitama
Kōnosu-shuku
鴻巣宿 · No. 7 of 69 · Nakasendō
48.0 km from EdoSaitama
Kumagai-shuku
熊谷宿 · No. 8 of 69 · Nakasendō
64.4 km from EdoSaitama
Fukaya-shuku
深谷宿 · No. 9 of 69 · Nakasendō
75.2 km from EdoSaitama
Honjō-shuku
本庄宿 · No. 10 of 69 · Nakasendō
85.7 km from EdoSaitama
Shinmachi-shuku
新町宿 · No. 11 of 69 · Nakasendō
93.6 km from EdoGunma
Kuragano-shuku
倉賀野宿 · No. 12 of 69 · Nakasendō
99.5 km from EdoGunma
Takasaki-shuku
高崎宿 · No. 13 of 69 · Nakasendō
106 km from EdoGunma
Itahana-shuku
板鼻宿 · No. 14 of 69 · Nakasendō
113 km from EdoGunma
Annaka-shuku
安中宿 · No. 15 of 69 · Nakasendō
116 km from EdoGunma
Matsuida-shuku
松井田宿 · No. 16 of 69 · Nakasendō
126 km from EdoGunma
Sakamoto-shuku
坂本宿 · No. 17 of 69 · Nakasendō
135 km from EdoGunma
Karuisawa-shuku
軽井沢宿 · No. 18 of 69 · Nakasendō
147 km from EdoNagano
Kutsukake-shuku
沓掛宿 · No. 19 of 69 · Nakasendō
151 km from EdoNagano
Oiwake-shuku
追分宿 · No. 20 of 69 · Nakasendō
155 km from EdoNagano
Otai-shuku
小田井宿 · No. 21 of 69 · Nakasendō
160 km from EdoNagano
Iwamurada-shuku
岩村田宿 · No. 22 of 69 · Nakasendō
165 km from EdoNagano
Shionada-shuku
塩名田宿 · No. 23 of 69 · Nakasendō
170 km from EdoNagano
Yawata-shuku
八幡宿 · No. 24 of 69 · Nakasendō
173 km from EdoNagano
Mochizuki-shuku
望月宿 · No. 25 of 69 · Nakasendō
177 km from EdoNagano
Ashida-shuku
芦田宿 · No. 26 of 69 · Nakasendō
181 km from EdoNagano
Nagakubo-shuku
長久保宿 · No. 27 of 69 · Nakasendō
187 km from EdoNagano
Wada-shuku
和田宿 · No. 28 of 69 · Nakasendō
195 km from EdoNagano
Shimosuwa-shuku
下諏訪宿 · No. 29 of 69 · Nakasendō
216 km from EdoNagano
Shiojiri-shuku
塩尻宿 · No. 30 of 69 · Nakasendō
228 km from EdoNagano
Seba-juku
洗馬宿 · No. 31 of 69 · Nakasendō
235 km from EdoNagano
Motoyama-juku
本山宿 · No. 32 of 69 · Nakasendō
238 km from EdoNagano
Niekawa-juku
贄川宿 · No. 33 of 69 · Nakasendō
246 km from EdoNagano
Narai-juku
奈良井宿 · No. 34 of 69 · Nakasendō
254 km from EdoNagano
Yabuhara-juku
藪原宿 · No. 35 of 69 · Nakasendō
259 km from EdoNagano
Miyanokoshi-juku
宮ノ越宿 · No. 36 of 69 · Nakasendō
266 km from EdoNagano
Fukushimajuku
福島宿 · No. 37 of 69 · Nakasendō
274 km from EdoNagano
Agematsu-juku
上松宿 · No. 38 of 69 · Nakasendō
283 km from EdoNagano
Suhara-juku
須原宿 · No. 39 of 69 · Nakasendō
296 km from EdoNagano
Nojiri-juku
野尻宿 · No. 40 of 69 · Nakasendō
303 km from EdoNagano
Midono-juku
三留野宿 · No. 41 of 69 · Nakasendō
313 km from EdoNagano
Tsumago-juku
妻籠宿 · No. 42 of 69 · Nakasendō
318 km from EdoNagano
Magome-juku
馬籠宿 · No. 43 of 69 · Nakasendō
326 km from EdoGifu
Ochiai-juku
落合宿 · No. 44 of 69 · Nakasendō
331 km from EdoGifu
Nakatsugawa-juku
中津川宿 · No. 45 of 69 · Nakasendō
335 km from EdoGifu
Ōi-juku
大井宿 · No. 46 of 69 · Nakasendō
345 km from EdoGifu
Ōkute-juku
大湫宿 · No. 47 of 69 · Nakasendō
358 km from EdoGifu
Hosokute-juku
細久手宿 · No. 48 of 69 · Nakasendō
364 km from EdoGifu
Mitake-juku
御嶽宿 · No. 49 of 69 · Nakasendō
376 km from EdoGifu
Fushimijuku
伏見宿 · No. 50 of 69 · Nakasendō
380 km from EdoGifu
太田宿
太田宿 · No. 51 of 69 · Nakasendō
388 km from EdoGifu
Unuma-juku
鵜沼宿 · No. 52 of 69 · Nakasendō
396 km from EdoGifu
Kanō-juku
加納宿 · No. 53 of 69 · Nakasendō
412 km from EdoGifu
Gōdo-juku
河渡宿 · No. 54 of 69 · Nakasendō
418 km from EdoGifu
Mieji-juku
美江寺宿 · No. 55 of 69 · Nakasendō
423 km from EdoGifu
Akasaka-juku (Nakasendō)
赤坂宿 · No. 56 of 69 · Nakasendō
432 km from EdoGifu
Tarui-juku
垂井宿 · No. 57 of 69 · Nakasendō
437 km from EdoGifu
Sekigahara-juku
関ヶ原宿 · No. 58 of 69 · Nakasendō
442 km from EdoGifu
Imasu-juku
今須宿 · No. 59 of 69 · Nakasendō
446 km from EdoGifu
Kashiwabara-juku
柏原宿 · No. 60 of 69 · Nakasendō
450 km from EdoShiga
Samegai-juku
醒井宿 · No. 61 of 69 · Nakasendō
456 km from EdoShiga
Banba-juku
番場宿 · No. 62 of 69 · Nakasendō
460 km from EdoShiga
Toriimoto-juku
鳥居本宿 · No. 63 of 69 · Nakasendō
464 km from EdoShiga
Takamiya-juku
高宮宿 · No. 64 of 69 · Nakasendō
470 km from EdoShiga
Echigawa-juku
愛知川宿 · No. 65 of 69 · Nakasendō
478 km from EdoShiga
Musa-juku
武佐宿 · No. 66 of 69 · Nakasendō
488 km from EdoShiga
Moriyama-juku
守山宿 · No. 67 of 69 · Nakasendō
502 km from EdoShiga
Kusatsu-juku
草津宿 · No. 52 of 53 · Tōkaidō
469 km from EdoShiga
Ōtsu-juku
大津宿 · No. 53 of 53 · Tōkaidō
484 km from EdoShiga
Station table
| No. | Post town | Present-day | From Nihonbashi | To next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itabashi-shuku 板橋宿 | Toshima district, Tokyo | 9.8 km | 8.9 km |
| 2 | Warabi-shuku 蕨宿 | Warabi, Saitama | 18.8 km | 5.5 km |
| 3 | Urawa-shuku 浦和宿 | Saitama (city), Saitama | 24.2 km | 5.0 km |
| 4 | Ōmiya-shuku 大宮宿 | Ōmiya-ku, Saitama | 29.2 km | 7.9 km |
| 5 | Ageo-shuku 上尾宿 | Ageo, Saitama | 37.1 km | 3.7 km |
| 6 | Okegawa-shuku 桶川宿 | Okegawa, Saitama | 40.8 km | 7.2 km |
| 7 | Kōnosu-shuku 鴻巣宿 | Kōnosu, Saitama | 48.0 km | 16.4 km |
| 8 | Kumagai-shuku 熊谷宿 | Kumagaya, Saitama | 64.4 km | 10.8 km |
| 9 | Fukaya-shuku 深谷宿 | Fukaya, Saitama | 75.2 km | 10.6 km |
| 10 | Honjō-shuku 本庄宿 | Honjō, Saitama | 85.7 km | 7.9 km |
| 11 | Shinmachi-shuku 新町宿 | Takasaki, Gunma | 93.6 km | 5.9 km |
| 12 | Kuragano-shuku 倉賀野宿 | Takasaki, Gunma | 99.5 km | 6.0 km |
| 13 | Takasaki-shuku 高崎宿 | Takasaki, Gunma | 106 km | 7.2 km |
| 14 | Itahana-shuku 板鼻宿 | Annaka, Gunma | 113 km | 3.3 km |
| 15 | Annaka-shuku 安中宿 | Annaka, Gunma | 116 km | 9.6 km |
| 16 | Matsuida-shuku 松井田宿 | Annaka, Gunma | 126 km | 9.5 km |
| 17 | Sakamoto-shuku 坂本宿 | Kōzuke Province, Gunma | 135 km | 11.6 km |
| 18 | Karuisawa-shuku 軽井沢宿 | Karuizawa, Nagano | 147 km | 4.5 km |
| 19 | Kutsukake-shuku 沓掛宿 | Karuizawa, Nagano | 151 km | 4.3 km |
| 20 | Oiwake-shuku 追分宿 | Karuizawa, Nagano | 155 km | 5.0 km |
| 21 | Otai-shuku 小田井宿 | Miyota, Nagano | 160 km | 4.7 km |
| 22 | Iwamurada-shuku 岩村田宿 | Saku, Nagano | 165 km | 5.1 km |
| 23 | Shionada-shuku 塩名田宿 | Saku, Nagano | 170 km | 2.9 km |
| 24 | Yawata-shuku 八幡宿 | Saku, Nagano | 173 km | 3.5 km |
| 25 | Mochizuki-shuku 望月宿 | Saku, Nagano | 177 km | 4.8 km |
| 26 | Ashida-shuku 芦田宿 | Tateshina, Nagano | 181 km | 5.7 km |
| 27 | Nagakubo-shuku 長久保宿 | Nagano | 187 km | 7.9 km |
| 28 | Wada-shuku 和田宿 | Nagawa, Nagano | 195 km | 21.6 km |
| 29 | Shimosuwa-shuku 下諏訪宿 | Shimosuwa, Nagano | 216 km | 11.5 km |
| 30 | Shiojiri-shuku 塩尻宿 | Shiojirimachi, Nagano | 228 km | 7.2 km |
| 31 | Seba-juku 洗馬宿 | Sōga, Nagano | 235 km | 3.3 km |
| 32 | Motoyama-juku 本山宿 | Sōga, Nagano | 238 km | 7.9 km |
| 33 | Niekawa-juku 贄川宿 | Shiojiri, Nagano | 246 km | 7.3 km |
| 34 | Narai-juku 奈良井宿 | Shiojiri, Nagano | 254 km | 5.3 km |
| 35 | Yabuhara-juku 藪原宿 | Kiso, Nagano | 259 km | 7.5 km |
| 36 | Miyanokoshi-juku 宮ノ越宿 | Kiso, Nagano | 266 km | 7.0 km |
| 37 | Fukushimajuku 福島宿 | Kiso, Nagano | 274 km | 9.4 km |
| 38 | Agematsu-juku 上松宿 | Agematsu, Nagano | 283 km | 12.8 km |
| 39 | Suhara-juku 須原宿 | Okuwa, Nagano | 296 km | 7.2 km |
| 40 | Nojiri-juku 野尻宿 | Okuwa, Nagano | 303 km | 10.1 km |
| 41 | Midono-juku 三留野宿 | Nagiso, Nagano | 313 km | 5.6 km |
| 42 | Tsumago-juku 妻籠宿 | Nagiso, Nagano | 318 km | 7.9 km |
| 43 | Magome-juku 馬籠宿 | Nakatsugawa, Gifu | 326 km | 4.5 km |
| 44 | Ochiai-juku 落合宿 | Nakatsugawa, Gifu | 331 km | 3.9 km |
| 45 | Nakatsugawa-juku 中津川宿 | Nakatsu, Gifu | 335 km | 9.8 km |
| 46 | Ōi-juku 大井宿 | Ena, Gifu | 345 km | 13.7 km |
| 47 | Ōkute-juku 大湫宿 | Mizunami, Gifu | 358 km | 5.9 km |
| 48 | Hosokute-juku 細久手宿 | Mizunami, Gifu | 364 km | 11.8 km |
| 49 | Mitake-juku 御嶽宿 | Mitake, Gifu | 376 km | 3.9 km |
| 50 | Fushimijuku 伏見宿 | Mitake, Gifu | 380 km | 7.9 km |
| 51 | 太田宿 太田宿 | Minokamo, Gifu | 388 km | 7.9 km |
| 52 | Unuma-juku 鵜沼宿 | Kakamigahara, Gifu | 396 km | 16.8 km |
| 53 | Kanō-juku 加納宿 | Gifu, Gifu | 412 km | 5.9 km |
| 54 | Gōdo-juku 河渡宿 | Gifu, Gifu | 418 km | 4.7 km |
| 55 | Mieji-juku 美江寺宿 | Mizuho, Gifu | 423 km | 8.7 km |
| 56 | Akasaka-juku (Nakasendō) 赤坂宿 | Ōgaki, Gifu | 432 km | 5.2 km |
| 57 | Tarui-juku 垂井宿 | Tarui, Gifu | 437 km | 5.5 km |
| 58 | Sekigahara-juku 関ヶ原宿 | Sekigahara, Gifu | 442 km | 3.9 km |
| 59 | Imasu-juku 今須宿 | Sekigahara, Gifu | 446 km | 3.9 km |
| 60 | Kashiwabara-juku 柏原宿 | Maibara, Shiga | 450 km | 5.9 km |
| 61 | Samegai-juku 醒井宿 | Maibara, Shiga | 456 km | 3.9 km |
| 62 | Banba-juku 番場宿 | Maibara, Shiga | 460 km | 4.0 km |
| 63 | Toriimoto-juku 鳥居本宿 | Hikone, Shiga | 464 km | 5.9 km |
| 64 | Takamiya-juku 高宮宿 | Hikone, Shiga | 470 km | 7.9 km |
| 65 | Echigawa-juku 愛知川宿 | Aishō, Shiga | 478 km | 9.8 km |
| 66 | Musa-juku 武佐宿 | Ōmihachiman, Shiga | 488 km | 13.7 km |
| 67 | Moriyama-juku 守山宿 | Moriyama, Shiga | 502 km | 5.9 km |
| 68 | Kusatsu-juku 草津宿 | Kusatsu, Shiga | 507 km | 14.4 km |
| 69 | Ōtsu-juku 大津宿 | Otsu, Shiga | 522 km | — (last station) |
Station order, distances (converted from ri at 1 ri = 3.927 km) and present-day locations from the Nakasendō station list, Japanese Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).