The Old Nakasendō Route 旧中山道
Hiking along the old Nakasendō road in Japan between Tokyo and Kyoto.
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2. Warabi-shuku
Warabi-shuku, the second post station from Tokyo, was famous for its weaving industry during the Edo period. There were several textile factories, store houses filled with cloth, cotton and threads, merchant houses selling their products, and a contingent of people,… …more
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1. Itabashi-shuku
Itabashi-shuku is the first post station of the the sixtynine along the way from Tokyo towards Kyoto. In the beginning it was composed of three different, smaller hamlets called, in the order coming from Tokyo, Hirao-shuku, Naka-shuku, and Kami-shuku. Hirao… …more
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Posts about the post stations
Over the next several weeks I’ll write a blog post for each one of all the sixtynine post stations, or shukuba, along the Nakasendō, as well as one each for the ones that have been lost in the shuffle over… …more
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Spreading information during the Edo period
Kōsatsuba or seisatsu were message boards where government declamations, edicts, rulings and other kinds of official information could be posted. That could include new laws, information about what kinds of activities the government thought to be harmful to the state,… …more
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