Shinmachi-shuku

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Hiroshige's print of Shinmachi-shuku, part of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaido series Kisokaido11 Shinmachi.jpg
Hiroshige's print of Shinmachi-shuku, part of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series

Shinmachi-shuku(新町宿,Shinmachi-shuku) was the eleventh of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

69 Stations of the Nakasendō

The 69 Stations of the Nakasendō are the rest areas along the Nakasendō, which ran from Nihonbashi in Edo to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto. The route stretched approximately 534 km (332 mi) and was an alternate trade route to the Tōkaidō.

Nakasendō

The Nakasendō, also called the Kisokaidō (木曾街道), was one of the five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected Edo to Kyoto in Japan. There were 69 stations (staging-posts) between Edo and Kyoto, crossing through Musashi, Kōzuke, Shinano, Mino and Ōmi provinces. In addition to Tokyo and Kyoto, the Nakasendō runs through the modern-day prefectures of Saitama, Gunma, Nagano, Gifu and Shiga, with a total distance of about 534 km (332 mi).

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History

Though Shinmachi-shuku is the eleventh post station on the Nakasendō, it was the last station to be developed. [1]

Neighboring post towns

Nakasendō
Honjō-shuku - Shinmanchi-shuku - Kuragano-shuku

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Okegawa-shuku

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Kuragano-shuku

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References

  1. Kamisato-machi: Rekishi & Bunkasai Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine .. Kamisato Town Hall. Accessed August 28, 2007.

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