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Nakasendō · Station 39 of 69
Suhara-juku 須原宿
| Nakasendō (中山道) | Station 39 of 69 · Nihonbashi (Edo) → Kyoto (via Kusatsu) |
|---|---|
| Present-day location | Okuwa, Nagano, Japan |
| Prefecture | Nagano (Chubu region) |
| Distance from Nihonbashi | About 296 km (by the historical station tables) |
| Next station | Nojiri-juku — about 7.2 km on |
| Coordinates | 35.69584° N, 137.69237° E |
Suhara-juku (須原宿, Suhara-juku) was the thirty-ninth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō, as well as the seventh of eleven stations on the Kisoji. It is located in the present-day village of Ōkuwa, in the Kiso District of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
History
Of all of the post towns along the Kisoji, Suhara was the first one to be established, though originally at a different location. After the town was washed away by a major flood in 1717, it was moved to its present location.
Neighboring post towns
- Nakasendō & Kisoji
- Agematsu-juku - Suhara-juku - Nojiri-juku
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Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Suhara-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).
