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Nakasendō · Station 41 of 69

Midono-juku 三留野宿

Nagiso, Nagano, JapanAbout 313 km from Nihonbashi
Midono-juku
Midono-juku (三留野宿) — woodblock printWoodblock print: Utagawa Hiroshige — from The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
Nakasendō (中山道)Station 41 of 69 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto (via Kusatsu)
Present-day locationNagiso, Nagano, Japan
PrefectureNagano (Chubu region)
Distance from NihonbashiAbout 313 km (by the historical station tables)
Next stationTsumago-juku — about 5.6 km on
Coordinates35.6088° N, 137.61157° E

Midono-juku (三留野宿, Midono-juku) was the forty-first of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the ninth of eleven stations on the Kisoji. It is located in the present-day town of Nagiso, in the Kiso District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It was originally written as 御殿宿 (Midono-juku).

History

The northern part of Nagiso Station marks the original location of Midono-juku. However, after a large fire in 1881 that destroyed many of the buildings, the town decided to develop rail connections and moved Midono-juku to its present location. Throughout the town, you can find representative buildings of Edo, Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa periods, including the remains of a large electric station from the Taishō period.

Neighboring Post Towns

Nakasendō & Kisoji
Nojiri-juku - Midono-juku - Tsumago-juku
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Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Midono-juku by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Station facts cross-checked with the road station lists (Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata (CC0).

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