The Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō (日光例幣使街道) was established during the Edo period as a subroute to Nikkō Kaidō. It connected the Nakasendō with the Nikkō Kaidō.[1][2]
Stations of the Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō
editThe 21 post stations of the Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō, with their present-day municipalities listed beside them.
- Kuragano-shuku (Takasaki) (also part of the Nakasendō)
- Tamamura-shuku (玉村宿) (Tamamura, Sawa District)
- Goryō-shuku (五料宿) (Tamamura, Sawa District)
- Shiba-shuku (柴宿) (Isesaki)
- Sakai-shuku (境宿) (Isesaki)
- Kizaki-shuku (木崎宿) (Ōta)
- Ōta-shuku (太田宿) (Ōta)
- Yagi-shuku (八木宿) (Ashikaga)
- Yanada-shuku (梁田宿) (Ashikaga)
- Tenmyō-shuku (天明宿) (Sano)
- Inubushi-shuku (犬伏宿) (Sano)
- Tomida-shuku (富田宿) (Tochigi)
- Tochigi-shuku (栃木宿) (Tochigi)
- Kassenba-shuku (合戦場宿) (Tochigi)
- Kanasaki-shuku (金崎宿) (Tochigi)
- Niregi-shuku (楡木宿) (Kanuma)
- Nasahara-shuku (奈佐原宿) (Kanuma)
- Kanuma-shuku (鹿沼宿) (Kanuma)
- Fubasami-shuku (文挟宿) (Nikkō)
- Sakahashi-shuku (板橋宿) (Nikkō)
- Imaichi-shuku (今市宿) (Nikkō) (also part of the Nikkō Kaidō)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Nikkō Reiheishidō Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Mainichi Shinbun. Accessed August 29, 2007.
- ^ Old Nakasendo: Kuragano-shuku and Takasaki-shuku Archived 2007-08-22 at the Wayback Machine. City of Takasaki. Accessed August 29, 2007.