Historical Road Spots in Japan

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Category

Travel / Tourism

Other Sightseeing

Momen Kaido Cotton Road

3.5

33 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Shimane Izumo-shi Hiratacho 841

3月の末にモニター宿泊しました。お宿は古民家をリノベーションした素敵なお部屋で、古民家好きにはたまりません。とても落ち着く雰囲気です。ベランダ側はすぐ川で、川辺の桜も見えて景色も最高です。朝は白鳥が来ることもあるそうです。一棟貸しで一階はキッチンや水回りと居間、二階は寝室とくつろげるソファのお部屋。お雛様やお花も飾ってあり素敵でした。広くて清潔で、ベッドも大きくとてもゆっくりできました。朝...
Nakasendo Suhara-juku

3.5

11 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Kiso-gun Okuwamura Suhara

The inn was originally built in the Warring States Period and moved to its current location in 1717 after it was damaged by flooding, making it the newest inn on the Nakasendo Highway.

須原宿は水船の里で、奈良井、馬籠、妻籠宿に比べて見どころはないです。昔の宿場の面影はあります。ほかの宿に比べて国道沿いはお店が多いです。
The Site of Masugata

4.0

7 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Kiso-gun Nagiso Machi Azuma Tsumagoshuku

The road is located in Agatsuma, Minami-Kiso Town, Kiso-gun, and has been selected as a national Important Preservation District for Traditional Buildings. The remains of this road are still preserved today, allowing visitors to catch a glimpse of what remains of those days.

「枡形」というのは、宿場の防御のための施設です。街道を2度直角に曲げて、外敵が浸入しにくいようにつくられたものです。その跡が、妻籠宿のほぼ中心部にありました。道は、鋭く直角には曲がっていませんが、大きく湾曲しています。メインの通りの少し離れた横に側道のようにもう一本の道が通っています。宿場を守る、大事な施設だったんですね。
Soka Matsubara

Travel / Tourism

Saitama Soka-shi Sakaemachi 1 , Soka-shi Sakaemachi 2 , Soka-shi Sakaemachi 3 , Shinmei 2
Kameyama-juku

4.0

6 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Mie Kameyama-shi Nishimachi Honmachi

This area, stretching from Hon-machi to Nomura in Kameyama City, once flourished as the 46th post station town on the ancient Tokaido highway. Today, parts of the original townscape are preserved which reveal the area's past both as a post station town and a castle town which grew beneath Kameyama Castle. Seki-juku and Sakashita-juku, two other former post station town areas, are also located in Kameyama City.

残念ですが、宿場町としては見どころありません。普通の現代的な自宅が続いています。ただほとんどの家の前には「亀山宿＊＊＊屋跡」という札が取り付けられています。でもそれだけでは分かり難いですね。
Yunotsubo-Kaido Street

Travel / Tourism

Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami

A road located in Kawakami, Yufuin-cho, Yufu City. Serving as Yufuin’s “Main Street,” the road extends away from Yufuin Station towards Mt. Yufu and is lined with a variety of restaurants, cafes, and shops selling local specialty products.
Shuzan Kaido Road

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Fu Nantan City Zuyama Highway

Shuzan Kaido is a road that passes through Kyoto's Ukyo Ward and through the mountains to the city of Obama in Fukui Prefecture. It is famous for being one of the many roads built from the former Wakasa Province to Kyoto for transporting fish and other seafood, and it was nicknamed the Mackerel Road. The availability of roadside stations and campgrounds along the road makes it a popular, heavily traveled course for bicycle touring in the Kitayama Range.
Mackerel Highway

Travel / Tourism

Shiga Otsu-shi Takashima-shi

The popular name for the Wakasa Highway which extends from Obama City in Fukui Prefecture to Kyoto City's Ohara; in Shiga Prefecture, the road straddles Otsu City and Takashima City and passes through what is now the Kutsukiichiba district. The road's nickname is derived from the fact that it was used to transport mackerel caught in the Sea of Japan. It was said in the Edo period that salting mackerel at Wakasa Bay and traveling nonstop day and night to Kyoto would result in a perfectly flavored fish. Many shops and restaurants in the area offer mackerel sushi. A part of the road passes through Kutsuki-Katsuragawa Prefectural Natural Park.
Wakasa Saba Kaido Kumagawa-Juku

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Pref. Mikatakaminakagunwakasachou Kumagawa

Constructed as a mountain castle by samurai Numata—directly under Shogun Ashikaga—to serve as a strategic stronghold in the Muromachi period, Kumagawa-Juku is now a National Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings and has lots to see. It has good views, as a town along “Wakasa Kaido” —one portion of the “Saba Kaido” that goes from Wakasa to Kyoto.
Old Chichibu Okan Highway

Travel / Tourism

Saitama Chichibu-shi Motomachi Nakamachi Kamimachi

This is the road connecting Mushashi-no-kuni and Kai-no-kuni, and it is counted as one of the ancient “Kai Kusuji” roads. It passes through Chichibu, and beyond the Karisaka Pass which is one of the three hardest passes in Japan and heads to Koshu. It is roughly the same as the current National Route 140. You can still find some traces of it in Chichibu such as the “Tochimoto-no-seki Ruins,” ruin of checkpoints for travelers that was designated as a nationally historic site.
Aoyagi-juku Post Town

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Pref. Higashichikumagunchikuhokumura Sakakita

"This former site of a post town is located in Aoyagi, Chikuhoku Village, Higashichikuma County. It was originally built during as a samurai town during Japan's feudal period by the Aoyagi Clan, which ruled the area at the time. It would later be developed as a post town on the Zenkoji Highway by Ishikawa Yasunaga, the lord of Matsumoto Castle. Even now, visitors can see the traces of the district's days as a post town in its stone walls, the aqueducts that run below them, and the hanging lanterns? that are lit at night. A reenactment of a ""Kitsune no Yomeiri"" (fox's wedding procession) parades through the district's streets once every seven years during the annual festival of Satoboinari Shrine."
Saba Kaido Oyasumidokoro Suketaro

Travel / Tourism

Fukui Obama-shi Kaminegori 9-20

"This rest stop for people taking the Saba Highway opened inside of a renovated old folk home in 2016. Saba Kaido is the collective name for the highways that connect the Reinan region of Fukui Prefecture with Kyoto. It was once the route used to transport seafood to Kyoto. The Saba Highway gained this name relatively recently because of the large amount of salted mackerel (saba) that was carried on the highways. The Izumicho Merchants Alley is marked as the start of the Saba Highway with a plate containing the words ""Kyo wa totemo juhachiri"" (Kyoto is only 18-ri about 44 miles away). The route, which is largely comprised of the Wakasa Highway, has a number of famous places such as the Wakasahime Shrine and the Kumagawa Juku post town. There are also many places along the route where travelers can eat mackerel dishes."
Mochizuki-shuku

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Saku-shi Mochizuki

"This area was once the 25th station counting from Edo of the 69 stations of the old Nakasendo Road. ""Mochizuki"" is an old term which refers to the 15th day of the lunar month, a name it gained because the area made many gifts of horses on the harvest moon during the Nara and Heian periods. During the Edo period, the area was a post station town bustling with travelers and possessed an official honjin government inn, waki-honjin sub-inn, taverns, and wholesalers, and even today traces of this time can be found at every turn. The Mochizuki History Folklore Archives was opened on the site of the former honjin and here visitors can learn about the history and culture of the Mochizuki area. The Sanayama House, an inn and wholesaler's at the time, has been designated a National Important Cultural Property."
Chizu-shuku

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Yazu-gun Chizucho Chizu

A post town on the old Chizu Orai highway, an important road connecting the Kinai and Inaba regions starting in the Nara period. When the daimyo (federal lords) were required to go to Edo during the Edo period under a policy of the Tokugawa Shogunate, this would be the first post town reached in the Tottori Domain. It had a tea shop, magistrate's office, and an official noticeboard. Machiya townhouses and signposts have been preserved that bring you back to another time. It's dotted with nationally designated Important Cultural Properties and Registered Tangible Cultural Properties, including the Ishitani Residence on a roughly 11,800-squre meter site with a Japanese garden, and the Shioyademise, a traditional merchant's townhouse with wonderful Japanese architecture.
Nakatsugawa-juku

Travel / Tourism

Gifu Nakatsugawa-shi Honmachi

The 45th post town on the Nakasendo Highway, it retains its atmosphere from the Edo period (1603-1868). A town that once flourished as the foremost commercial town in the Tono region, you can feel its vibrancy from that time. Behind the Nakasendo Historical Museum is the Wakihonjin, and the world beyond its gates is a must-see. There are many tourists who take commemorative photos here because the space between the storehouse and the upper level is open to the public. The well installed at Honjin Square is a popular spot because it can still pull water.
Nakasendo Ota-juku

Travel / Tourism

Gifu Minokamo-shi Otahonmachi

The town is located in the center of the sixteen Mino inns, and was once the Ota government office of the Owari Clan, which controlled the area from Ochiai Inn to Unuma Inn, as well as the Kawanami guard station. The area has been developed as a fossil forest park, and the river stone pavement still evokes nostalgia.
Shichikashuku Kaido

Travel / Tourism

Miyagi Katta-gun Shichikashukumachi Namezu

This Edo-period highway passes through what is today Shichikashuku Town, Katta County. The area became known as Shichikashuku because there were seven shukuba (post stations) along the highway, which was the major thoroughfare between the Oshu Highway and the Dewa Highway at the time. Every August an event called “Waraji de Aruko Shichikashuku” in which participants walk the highway in straw sandals is organized.
Towada City Kanchogai-dori Street/ Koma-Kaido

Travel / Tourism

Aomori Towada-shi Inaoicho 15-3 Art Station Nai

Towada City's Symbol Road is remarkably beautiful in the townscape that is neatly partitioned in an orderly grid pattern. 165 pine trees and 156 cherry trees form four rows of trees on a road with a length of 1.1 kilometers and a width of 36 meters. Also known as a famous place for cherry blossoms, in the winter you can enjoy illuminations. It was selected as one of 100 the Best Roads in Japan, and the second 100 Most Beautiful Japanese Historical Landscapes.
Nakasendo Yawata-juku

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Saku-shi Kuwayama

The Yawata-juku is the 24th inn counting from Edo (now Tokyo) and was built in the early Edo period (1603-1868) as a rice distribution center in the surrounding granary area, and is also known as the place where the Imperial Princess Wamiya stayed when she married. The Hachiman Shrine near the main camp is a historic shrine from which the name Yawata-juku was derived, and within its precincts is the Kora Shrine, designated as a national important cultural property, which is said to be a shrine related to the people who came to Japan from overseas.
Motaiai no Shuku

Travel / Tourism

Nagano Saku-shi Motai

The street used to connect Mochizuki and Ashida Inns on the Nakasendo Highway, and was used as a rest stop for large groups of passengers who could not make it to Mochizuki or Ashida Inns. The area is also home to a monument to the poet Makisui Wakayama, who stayed here during the Meiji period (1868-1912).