The Nagasaki Kaidō (長崎街道) was a road across Kyūshū from Kokura to Nagasaki, used by daimyōs for the sankin-kōtai, and also by the chief of the Dutch trading post at Nagasaki on whom a similar obligation of visiting the shōgun was imposed. The route stretched 228 km and took travelers approximately one week.[1]
Stations of the Nagasaki Kaidō
editThe Nagasaki Kaidō's 25 post stations, as listed in 1705, are listed below with their modern-day municipalities indicated beside them.[1] Travelers visiting Naruse-shuku and Shiota-shuku would avoid Kitagata-shuku and Tsukasaki-shuku.
Fukuoka Prefecture
edit- Starting Location: Tokiwabashi (常盤橋) (Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyūshū)
- 1. Kurosaki-shuku (黒崎宿) (Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū)
- 2. Koyanose-shuku (木屋瀬宿) (Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyūshū)
- 3. Iizuka-shuku (飯塚宿) (Iizuka)
- 4. Uchino-shuku (内野宿) (Iizuka)
- 5. Yamae-shuku (山家宿) (Chikushino)
- 6. Haruda-shuku (原田宿) (Chikushino)
Saga Prefecture
edit- 7. Tashiro-shuku (田代宿) (Tosu)
- 8. Todoroki-shuku (轟木宿) (Tosu）
- 9. Nakabaru-shuku (中原宿) (Miyaki, Miyaki District)
- 10. Kanzaki-shuku (神埼宿) (Kanzaki)
- 11. Sakaibaru-shuku (境原宿) (Kanzaki)
- 12. Saga-shuku (佐賀宿) (Saga)
- 13. Ushizu-shuku (牛津宿) (Ogi)
- 14. Oda-shuku (小田宿) (Kōhoku, Kishima District)
- 15. Kitagata-shuku (北方宿) or Naruse-shuku (鳴瀬宿) (Takeo)
- 16. Tsukasaki-shuku (塚崎宿) or Shiota-shuku (塩田宿) (Takeo)
- 17. Ureshino-shuku (嬉野宿) (Ureshino)
Nagasaki Prefecture
edit- 18. Sonogi-shuku (彼杵宿) (Higashisonogi, Higashisonogi District)
- 19. Matsubara-shuku (松原宿) (Ōmura)
- 20. Ōmura-shuku (大村宿) (Ōmura)
- 21. Eishō-shuku (永昌宿) (Isahaya)
- 22. Yagami-shuku (矢上宿) (Nagasaki)
- 23. Himi-shuku (日見宿) (Nagasaki)
- Ending Location: Nagasaki
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Nagasaki Kaidō Archived April 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. (in Japanese) Nagasaki Prefecture. Accessed March 12, 2008.